Poaceae
Mouse barley
Hordeum murinum
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Hordeum
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Common names
By language (32)
- Afrikaans
- Wildegars
- Arabic
- شعير الحائط, شعير الحيطان, شعير الدب
- arz
- شعير الحائط
- Asturian
- Espigañu
- Bulgarian
- Крайморски ечемик
- Catalan
- Margall bord, Cua de rata, Espigadella, Espigatrencat, Pèl de ca
- Croatian
- Divlji ječam
- csb
- Kóńsczi jiczmiónk
- Czech
- Ječmen myší
- Dutch
- Kruipertje, Muizengerst
- English
- Mouse barley, Wall barley, Mentira, Nada, Planta, Wild barley
- Esperanto
- Musa hordeo
- Estonian
- Hiireoder
- Finnish
- Hiirenohra
- French
- Orge des rats, Orge queue-de-rat
- German
- Mäuse-Gerste, Mäusegerste
- grc
- Κίννα
- hsb
- Myšacy ječmjeń, Ječmješk
- Hungarian
- Egérárpa
- Italian
- Orzo murino
- Japanese
- ムギクサ
- kab
- Timẓin n weɣyul
- Lithuanian
- Pelinis miežis
- Macedonian
- Осатка
- mzn
- لاپار
- Polish
- Jęczmień płonny
- Serbian
- Popino prase, Попино прасе
- stq
- Muusegäärs, Saisendüüwel
- Swedish
- Vildkorn
- Turkish
- Pisipisi Otu
- Ukrainian
- Ячмінь мишачий
- Welsh
- Haidd y mur
Synonyms
- Critesion murinum (L.) Á.Löve
- Critesion murinum subsp. murinum
- Hordeum leporinum var. murinum (L.) Lojac.
- Triticum murale Salisb.
- Zeocriton murinum (L.) P.Beauv.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 563 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: poslovitch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Colin Meurk, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Noah How, 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.