Poaceae
Foxtail barley
Hordeum jubatum
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Hordeum
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- شعير ذو لبدة
- Chinese
- 芒颖大麦, 芒颖大麦草, 芒麦草
- Czech
- Ječmen hřívnatý
- Dutch
- Kwispelgerst
- English
- Foxtail barley
- Finnish
- Partaohra
- French
- Orge barbue
- German
- Mähnen-Gerste, Mähnengerste
- Russian
- Критезион гривастый, Критезион гривистый, Ячмень гривистый
Synonyms
- Critesion adscendens (Kunth) Á.Löve
- Critesion geniculatum Raf.
- Critesion jubatum (L.) Nevski
- Critesion jubatum subsp. jubatum
- Elymus jubatus (L.) Link
- Hordeum adscendens Kunth
- Hordeum caespitosum Scribn. ex Pammel
- Hordeum caespitosum Scribn.
- Hordeum jubatum subsp. intermedium Bowden
- Hordeum jubatum subsp. jubatum
- Hordeum jubatum var. caespitosum (Scribn.) Hitchc.
- Hordeum jubatum var. jubatum
- Hordeum jubatum var. normale Kuntze
- Hordeum jubatum var. pampeanum Hauman
- Hordeum jubatum var. tomentellum Nevski
- Hordeum pampeanum (Hauman) Herter
- Hordeum pubiflorum var. pampeanum (Hauman) Melderis
Flowers
- In flower
- April to August (from 207 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Евгений Маринкин, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: S Boisvert, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daryl Nolan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Евгений Маринкин, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Älven, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: cassi saari, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
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: Celina Waldron, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
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.