Poaceae
Bulbous barley
Hordeum bulbosum
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Hordeum
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Common names
By language (11)
- Arabic
- شعير بصيلي, شعير بري, شعير بصلي
- Bulgarian
- Луковичен ечемик
- Chinese
- 球茎大麦
- Croatian
- Lukovičasti ječam
- English
- Bulbous barley
- Finnish
- Mukulaohra
- German
- Knollen-Gerste, Knollengerste
- Kazakh
- Тауарпа
- Russian
- Ячмень луковичный
- Swedish
- Knylkorn
- Uzbek
- Taktak
Synonyms
- Critesion bulbosum (L.) Á.Löve
- Hordeum brevicomum C.Presl
- Hordeum bulbosum subsp. nodosum (L.) B.R.Baum
- Hordeum bulbosum var. bourgaei Boiss.
- Hordeum bulbosum var. brevispicatum Post
- Hordeum bulbosum var. lycium Asch. & Graebn.
- Hordeum bulbosum var. minus Hausskn.
- Hordeum kaufmannii Regel
- Hordeum lycium Boiss.
- Hordeum nodosum L.
- Hordeum nodosum Ucria
- Hordeum strictum Desf.
- Zeocriton nodosum (L.) P.Beauv.
- Zeocriton strictum (Desf.) P.Beauv.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Argo Navis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Argo Navis, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.