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Flax darnel

Lolium remotum

Also called Flaxfield Rye Grass, Flax Field Ryegrass

Flax darnel
Photo: Don Manfredo, CC BY-SA 3.0

Flax darnel (Lolium remotum) is an annual or perennial grass from the western Himalaya and northern Pakistan, closely related to ryegrass. It is a wild, weedy grass of arable land rather than a garden ornamental.

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the top of the soil to dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile soil or loam.
Temperature
Temperate; tolerates cool conditions, protect from hard frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
N. Pakistan to W. Himalaya
Climate
temperate

About

Lolium remotum is a species of grass in the family Poaceae.

Its native range is Pakistan to Western Himalaya.

Other Lolium plants

Rye Grass · Tall fescue · Giant Fescue · Lolium mazzettianum · Italian Rye Grass · Perennial ryegrass · Persian ryegrass · Wimmera ryegrass · Darnel ryegrass · Lolium tuberosum · Ryegrass · Poa kunthii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lolium remotum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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