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  • COMMON NAME: rigid ryegrass, rye grass.
  • ARABIC: هيبان، زيوان
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Lolium rigidum Gaudin
  • SYNONYMS: Arthrochortus loliaceus, Crypturus loliaceus, Festuca aleppica, Lolium arenarium.
  • FAMILY: POACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Fodder (F)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Gulley Sandy
  • TYPES: Annual
Flora of the United Arab Emirates V1 & 2, Fawzi M.Karim, Nael M.Fawzi; reviewed by Fatima Al-Ansary. Al-Ain: United Arab Emirates University, 2007. Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. https://www.floraofqatar.com/lolium_rigidum.htm V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021.
Moderately salt tolerant, good quality forage.
Glabrous, annual, culms erect, decumbent or subprostrate, branched at base, 20-50 cm high, usually with 2-4 nodes. Ligule rounded to truncate. Auricles present or absent. Leaf-blades 5-20 cm long, 1-7 mm wide, linear-acuminate, flat, glabrous and smooth as are the sheaths. Spike up to 25 cm long, stiff, with spikelets flattened awnless, 10-16 mm long. Glume 1\2 to 3\4 as long as the spikelet, rarely equaling. Lemmas 5-9 mm long, not turgid at maturity. Flowering from March to May.
Damp places on salty ground, clay or sandy-gravel hills or as a weed.
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