Lolium saxatile is described as a species new to science and illustrated. It is related to L. multiflorum, but has a perennial habit and other distinguishing morphological features. It forms part of the last remnants of an evergreen vegetation in the humid upper mountain zones of the Jandía massif of Fuerteventura and the Famara massif of Lanzarote.
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