Status
Conservation status
Not protected
Native status
Neophyte
Species Biology
Habitat
Widely sown in meadows, occassionaly in field margins
Life cycle
Annual / Biennial
Ex-situ conservation
Material held in Oakpark, Teagasc.
Use
Forage crop
Vegetative nature
Herbaceous
Distribution
World distribution(GBIF)
Temporal change
Records submitted to Data Centre in 2024
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Further information
A valuable fodder plant introduced into Britain about 1830, first records in Ireland are shortly after this. The species is still sown for hay or grazing. It is frequent as an escape from cultivation, naturalised on roadsides, field margins and waste ground. It is native to central and Southern Europe, North West Africa and South Western Asia