Poaceae
Meadow barley
Hordeum brachyantherum
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Hordeum
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Meadow barley, Northern barley
- Finnish
- Idänohra
Synonyms
- Critesion brachyantherum (Nevski) Barkworth & D.R.Dewey
- Critesion jubatum subsp. breviaristatum (Bowden) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Hordeum boreale Scribn. & J.G.Sm.
- Hordeum brachyantherum subsp. brachyantherum
- Hordeum brachyantherum var. gracilius Nevski
- Hordeum jubatum subsp. brachyantherum (Nevski) Bondarenko ex Korovina
- Hordeum jubatum subsp. breviaristatum Bowden
- Hordeum jubatum var. boreale (Hitchc.) B.Boivin
- Hordeum nodosum var. boreale Hitchc.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.