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Hordeum pusillum

(Little Barley)

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Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Little Barley, Little Wildbarley, Mouse Barley

Common Names in Estonian:

Väike Oder

Common Names in French:

Orge Naine

Description

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Genus Hordeum

Plants annual or perennial . Culms usually erect . Leaf sheath of cauline leaves split almost to base ; ligule membranous or leathery-membranous; auricles present or absent; leaf blade usually flat. Spike dense, usually without a terminal spikelet ; rachis short, brittle, rarely flexible . Spikelets usually 3 per node, in regular rows , with 1(or 2) florets ; lateral spikelets usually pedicellate , rarely sessile, often reduced and much smaller than central spikelet; central spikelet usually sessile, rarely pedicellate, perfect . Glumes narrow, subulate-setaceous, sometimes lanceolate dilated at base, inconspicuously 1-3-veined, not keeled . Lemma subrounded abaxially, leathery, rarely leathery-membranous, 5-veined, not keeled, awned or awnless. Palea almost equaling lemma, glabrous , scabrous , or ciliate along keels. Lodicules broadly lanceolate or lanceolate-ovate. Caryopsis usually adnate to lemma and palea, rarely free , oblong , concave furrowed on inner side, apex hairy . x = 7.

Between 30 and 40 species: temperate regions , also on subtropical mountains; ten species (one endemic, two introduced ) in China.

All species when young are used for forage .[1]

Physical Description

Habit: Graminoid

Flowers: Bloom Period: March, April, May. • Flower Color: bronze, brown, cream, gray, inconspicuous, none, silver, tan

Size/Age/Growth

Size: under 6" tall.

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,998 meters (0 to 9,836 feet).[2]

Biology

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Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Growth

Culture: Space 3-6" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 5.6 • Maximum pH: 8.5

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Critesion pusillum< /i> (Nutt.) A. LöveHordeum pusillum var. pubens A. S. Hitchc.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Hordeum

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 30 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

H. arizonicum (Arizona Barley) · H. brachyantherum (Meadow Barley) · H. brachyantherum brachyantherum (Meadow Barley) · H. brachyantherum californicum (Meadow Barley) · H. bulbosum (Bulbous Barley) · H. bulbosum bulbosum (Bulbous Barley) · H. depressum (Dwarf Barley) · H. intercedens (Bobtail Barley) · H. jubatum (Foxtail Barley) · H. jubatum jubatum (Foxtail Barley) · H. marinum (Mediterranean Barley) · H. marinum gussonianum (Knee Barley) · H. marinum marinum (Seaside Barley) · H. murinum (Barley Grass) · H. murinum glaucum (Bulbous Barley) · H. murinum leporinum (Bulbous Barley) · H. murinum murinum (Bulbous Barley) · H. pusillum (Little Barley) · H. secalinum (Meadow Barley) · H. spontaneum (Spontaneous Barley) · H. tetrastichum (Four-Rowed Barley) · H. vulgare (Barley) · H. vulgare distichon (Barley) · H. vulgare distichum (Two-Rowed Barley) · H. vulgare duplialbum (Barley) · H. vulgare nudideficiens (Barley) · H. vulgare nudum (Common Barley) · H. vulgare spontaneum (Spontaneous Barley) · H. vulgare subnutans (Barley) · H. vulgare vulgare (Cultivated Barley)

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Further Reading

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Notes

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Footnotes

  1. "Hordeum". in Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 6, 386, 395, 443, 444. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
  2. Mean = 365.970 meters (1,200.689 feet), Standard Deviation = 435.260 based on 1,083 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 7/15/2012