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Perennial ryegrass

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Perennial ryegrass

This is perennial ryegrass, the most widely sown grass in New Zealand pastures, in its vegetative (left) and seed-head states (right).

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by Deric Charlton

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Deric Charlton, Pastures – Ryegrasses, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/16158/perennial-ryegrass (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Deric Charlton, published 1 March 2009.