Lolium arundinaceum

Lolium arundinaceum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Lolium
Species:
L. arundinaceum
Binomial name
Lolium arundinaceum
(Schreb.) Darbysh.
Synonyms
List
    • Bromus arundinaceus (Schreb.) Roth
    • Festuca arundinacea Schreb.
    • Festuca elatior var. arundinacea (Schreb.) Roth
    • Schedonorus arundinaceus (Schreb.) Dumort.
    • Schedonorus phoenix (Scop.) Holub

Lolium arundinaceum, tall fescue is a cool-season perennial C3 species of grass that is native to Europe and California. It occurs on woodland margins, in grassland and in coastal marshes. It is also an important forage grass with many cultivars that used in agriculture and is used as an ornamental grass in gardens, and sometimes as a phytoremediation plant.

Most publications have used the names Festuca arundinacea or, more recently, Schedonorus arundinaceus for this species, but DNA studies appear to have settled a long debate that it should be included within the genus Lolium instead.