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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Ryegrass
| image = Lolium.perenne1web.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = Perennial Ryegrass (''Lolium perenne'')
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Poales]]
| familia = [[Poaceae]]
| genus = '''''Lolium'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}

'''Ryegrass''' ('''''Lolium''''') is a genus of nine species of tufted [[grass]]es,  family [[Poaceae]]. Also called '''tares''', these plants are native to [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and northern [[Africa]], but are widely cultivated and naturalised elsewhere. Ryegrasses are naturally [[diploid]], with 2n = 14, and are closely related to the [[fescue]]s ''Festuca''. 

Ryegrass should not be confused with [[Rye]], which is a grain crop.