Lolium pratense

Lolium pratense, meadow fescue is a perennial species of grass, which is often used as an ornamental in gardens, and is also an important forage crop.Meadow fescue is a tuft-forming perennial (called a bunchgrass in the US), with erect to spreading hollow flowering stems up to about 1 m (3 ft) tall (exceptionally up to 120 cm) which are quite hairless (glabrous), including the leaf sheaths.Flowering typically occurs from June until August, with an erect to slightly nodding open panicle about 30 cm (1 ft) long, which is more-or-less one-sided.[1][2][3] It is most similar to tall fescue, from which it differs by having only 2 spikelets on the smaller branch at the lowest panicle node and not having minute hairs on the auricles.[9] Its Ellenberg values in Britain are L = 7, F = 6, R = 6, N = 6, and S = 1, which show that it favours damp, sunny places with neutral soils and moderate fertility, and that it can occur in slightly brackish situations.
The inflorescence is a panicle.
The leaf sheath, blade and auricles are glabrous
Scientific classificationPlantaeTracheophytesAngiospermsMonocotsCommelinidsPoalesPoaceaePooideaeLoliumBinomial nameSynonymsSpreng.P.Beauv.B.D.Jacks.perennialornamentalbunchgrasspaniclespikeletsstamenscaryopsistall fescueauriclesFestucaLolium perenneLolium multiflorumBritish National Vegetation Classificationmesotrophic (MG) grasslandsblunt-flowered rushsharp-flowered rushEllenberg valuesPlants for a FutureCalPhotosUniversity of California, BerkeleyWikidataWikispeciesEcocropeFloraSAFloraBaseGrassBaseiNaturalistNSWFloraObservation.orgOpen Tree of LifePlant ListTropicos