Lolium pratense (Huds.) Darbysh.

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Altay, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Türkiye, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Yakutiya

Introduced into:

Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Algeria, Amur, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Falkland Is., Florida, Georgia, Greenland, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Japan, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Labrador, Louisiana, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yukon

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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• Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Festuca pratensis.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

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