Species

Lolium temulentum

Common Name(s)

darnel

Authority

Lolium temulentum L.

Family

Poaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

LOLTEM

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Grasses

Similar Taxa

Roots fibrous. Stems about 45 to 60 cm tall. Leaf sheaths smooth, overlapping on one another. Leaf blades 3 to 6 mm wide, flat, slightly rough on upper surfaces. Spikes long and narrow with 2 rows of small flattened spikelets placed edgewise to the stem. Outer glume of spikelet as long as or longer than spikelet, sharply pointed. (Wax, Fawcett and Isely 1981)

Year Naturalised

1855

Origin

Mediterranean

Reproduction
Seeds.

Seed
Seed 3 to 6 mm long, narrowly oval, brownish, usually short-bearded at the tip. (Wax, Fawcett and Isely 1981)

This page last updated on 26 Mar 2010