Sm.
Pronunciation: fes-TOO-ka per-EN-is
Common name: Italian ryegrass
Family: Poaceae (Grass)
Habitat: Common lawn grass and escape, disturbed
sites and abandoned fields to 3000', planted after
burns, native of Europe
Blooming period: June to August
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Festuca
2) perennis
Formerly Lolium multiflorum