Poaceae
Dwarf barley
Hordeum depressum
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Hordeum
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- شعير مضغوط
- English
- Dwarf barley
Synonyms
- Critesion depressum (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Á.Löve
- Hordeum nodosum var. depressum Scribn. & J.G.Sm.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Konshau Duman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: D Defreese, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: paulexcoff, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cecelia Alexander, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: crothfels, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Martin Purdy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: jayjt, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: D Defreese, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: D Defreese, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.