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Taxon:  Lolium temulentum L.



Summary
Genus:
Lolium
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Poeae
Subtribe:
Loliinae
Nomen number:
22502
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:83. 1753
Verified:
05/08/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
7 (4  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Lolium temulentum L. f. arvense (With.) Junge (0 active accession[s])
Lolium temulentum L. f. temulentum (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
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  2. Boulos, L. Flora of Egypt. 1999-
  3. CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
  4. Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. 1998
  5. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
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  7. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
  8. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm.
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  10. Holm, L. et al. A geographical atlas of world weeds. 1979
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Common names
English
bearded darnel –
bearded ryegrass –
darnel –
darnel drake –
drake darnel –
drunken darnel –
poison darnel –
Arabic
zawaan –
French
ivraie énivrante –
German
Taumellolch –
Portuguese (Brazil)
joio –
sizânia –
Swedish
dårrepe –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
4Naturalized     
6Other     
Naturalized ()
Other ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Kellerman, T. S. et al. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa. 1988
Weedpotential seed contaminant CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=22502. Accessed 19 July 2025.


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