Poaceae
Meadow barley
Hordeum secalinum
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Hordeum
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Common names
By language (15)
- Arabic
- شعير شيلمي
- arz
- شعير شيلمى
- Asturian
- Yerba ratonera
- Bulgarian
- Ръжевиден ечемик
- Chinese
- 大麦草
- Czech
- Ječmen slanomilný
- Dutch
- Veldgerst
- English
- Meadow barley
- French
- Orge faux-seigle
- German
- Knotige Gerste, Roggen-Gerste
- hsb
- Rožkowy ječmjeń
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Engbygg
- Polish
- Jęczmień żytni
- Swedish
- Ängskorn
- Welsh
- Haidd y maes
Synonyms
- Critesion secalinum (Schreb.) Á.Löve
- Frumentum pratense E.H.L.Krause
- Hordeum maritimum Roth
- Hordeum maximum Vill.
- Hordeum murinum subsp. secalinum (Schreb.) Bonnier & Layens
- Hordeum nodosum var. maroccanum Maire
- Hordeum nodosum var. secalinum (Schreb.) Maire
- Hordeum pratense Huds.
- Hordeum pratense var. maritimum (Roth) Steud.
- Hordeum pratense var. pubescens Peterm.
- Hordeum rothii Link
- Hordeum secalinum var. angustifolium J.T.Jansen & Wacht.
- Hordeum secalinum var. distichum J.T.Jansen & Wacht.
- Hordeum secalinum var. maritimum (Roth) W.D.J.Koch
- Hordeum secalinum var. pubescens N.H.F.Desp.
- Hordeum secalinum var. uniflorum Lojac.
- Hordeum sibiricum Link ex Steud.
- Zeocriton maritimum P.Beauv.
- Zeocriton secalinum (Schreb.) P.Beauv.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 29 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
Photos
Photo: TomCatX, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: arthur_haendler, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Griensteidl, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: anoxiousweed, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Robert H. Wardell, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Griensteidl, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Mike W, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: pete_gateley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Griensteidl, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: maryse Carron, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Ian Bannister, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.