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Festuca pratensis x Lolium perenne (Hudson) P.Fourn

grass

Description: This is the hybrid between perennial rye-grass (Lolium perenne) and meadow fescue (Festuca pratensis). It is quite frequent and is recorded from many places in Northern Ireland.

All names: Festuca pratensis x Lolium perenne (x Festulolium loliaceum) (Hudson) P.Fourn; Festuca x Festulolium loliaceum (Hudson) P.Fourn; Festuca pratensis x Lolium perenne; Festulolium loliaceum (Huds.) P.Fourn.

Distribution Map from NBN: Festuca pratensis x Lolium perenne at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Festuca pratensis x Lolium perenne at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Festuca pratensis x Lolium perenne. (Hudson) P.Fourn. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=2690. Accessed on 2026-11-02.