Poaceae

L. perenne L., Sp. Pl. 83 (1753). Syn: L. marschallii Steven in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 30:103 (1857). Ic: Hubbard, Grasses ed. 2:150 (1968).
Laxly to densely caespitose, turf-forming perennial. Stems (9-)13-65(-l00) cm, with 2-4 nodes. Ligule to 2.5 mm. Auricles inconspicuous or absent. Leaf blades 5-25 cm x 0.5-5 mm, glabrous, folded in young shoots. Spike straight or slightly curved, (2-)5-20(-27) cm. Rachis slender, flexuous, 0.5-1.5 mm thick at nodes, glabrous or scabridulous only on angles. Spikelets 4.5-18 mm, with 3-11 fertile and 0-1 rudimentary florets. Upper glume lanceolate to narrowly oblong, (2.5-)4.5-10(-15)mm. Lemma 3.5-7 mm, oblong or oblong-lanceolate; awn absent. Mature caryopses 2.9-5.5 x 0.7-1.5 mm. Fl. 4-8. Meadows, pastures, sand dunes, waste places, s.l.-2050 m; often cultivated.
Lectotype (designated by Terrell, op. cit. 7, 1968): Europa ad agrorum versuras solo fertili (Hb. Linn. 99/1, photo!).
Outer & adjacent Inner Anatolia. A1(E) Tekirdağ: Yeni Çiftlik, 8 km from Marmaraereğlisi, s.l., Aellen 552! A1(E/A) Çanakkale: Dardanelles, Calvert
Honaz Da., 2300 m, Tuzlaci (İSTE 26509)! C3 İsparta: Eğridir, Yaka Köy, 1600-1980 m, Peşmen & Güner 1617! C4 Konya: Bozkir, Küçüksu, 1800 m, Çetik et al. 269! C5 Niğde: 22km E.of Ulukişla, 1200m, Sorger 62-66-7! C6 Gaziantep: Aintab (Gaziantep), Haradj. 1323! C8 Mardin: 2 km E. of Mardin, 1150 m, D. 28440! Deir Zafran, Sint. 1888:1130 (type of K. kurdica). C10 Hakkari: Zab river,-1.6 km from turning to Yüksekova, Trelawny 1306!
N., W. & C. Europe, Mediterranean area (except N. Africa), Crimea, Caucasia, Iran, Transcaspia, Turkestan, S. Russia, Siberia, Afghanistan, W. Pakistan.