Lolium giganteum

Family: Poaceae Genus: Lolium Species: giganteum

Synonyms: Bromus longifolius, Bromus giganteus, Bromus glaber, Avena gigantea, Festuca gigantea var. multiflora, Festuca gigantea f. uliginosa, Festuca gigantea var. triflora, Festuca gigantea f. minor, Bromus giganteus var. depauperatus, Forasaccus giganteus, Bucetum giganteum, Zerna gigantea var. triflora, Zerna gigantea, Bromus giganteus var. villosus, Festuca gigantea var. latifolia, Festuca gigantea var. subtriflora, Festuca bonassorum, Bromus scheuchzeri, Bromus gyganteus, Festuca gigantea var. uliginosa, Festuca pseudogigantea, Drymonaetes giganteus, Bromus bonassorum, Festuca gigantea var. arcana, Festuca haussknechtii, Bromus giganteus var. triflorus, Schedonorus giganteus, Avena flaccida, Festuca gigantea var. glaucescens, Festuca haussknechtii f. debilis, Festuca haussknechtii f. diffusior, Trisetum flaccidum, Festuca gigantea var. nemoralis, Festuca haussknechtii f. strictior, Festuca gigantea f. triflora, Festuca gigantea var. pubescens, Bromus aquaticus, Festuca gigantea var. depauperata, Bromus giganteus var. pubescens, Bromus giganteus var. hispidus

Botanical Description

Lolium giganteum (giant fescue, treated variously under Schedonorus, Festuca or Arrhenatherum) is a tall, loosely tufted perennial grass of the family Poaceae, typically 0.6 to 1.5 m high. It forms clumps of broad, flat, drooping leaf blades that are deep green, rough to the touch and have small claw-like auricles clasping the stem at the base. The flowering stems carry a loose, nodding panicle whose slender branches usually occur in pairs and bear several-flowered spikelets, each tipped with a fine awn. It flowers in summer. A grass of damp, shady woodlands, woodland margins, hedgerows and moist fertile soils, it is widespread across much of Europe and western Asia. Like most woodland grasses it is of forage and ecological interest rather than culinary or ornamental importance.

Native Region: Afghanistan, Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, China South-Central, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Romania, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia

Cultural & Historical Context

Traditional American Uses

None Documented

Chemistry & External Identifiers

Trefle ID

231141

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