Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hordeum pusillum
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Learn more about Hordeum from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hordeum pusillum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)
Hordeum pusillum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-23-001:
Hordeum pusillum FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hordeum pusillum
COMMON NAME:
Little Barley
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hopu_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_hopu_003_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_hopu_006_lvd
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_069
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Keith Bradley kab_hordeum_pusillum_2902
March Lexington County SC
Riverbanks Botanical Garden
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Keith Bradley kab_hordeum_pusillum_2911
April Lexington County SC
Riverbanks Botanical Garden
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Glen Peterson gkp_0322_hordeum_culms
May Spartanburg County SC
Culms 10-60cm tall, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Glen Peterson gkp_0341_hordeum_spike
May Spartanburg County SC
Spikelet clusters alternate on opposite sides of the rachis, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
seedheads of Bottlebrush Grass, Cereal Rye, Little Barley, and Virginia Wild-rye
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Glen Peterson gkp_0345_hordeum_blade
May Spartanburg County SC
Leaf blades to 20cm long, 1.5-6mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Glen Peterson gkp_0352_hordeum_spikdark
May Spartanburg County SC
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Glen Peterson gkp_0369_hordeum_spike_ru
May Spartanburg County SC
Spikes 2-8cm long, 5-7mm broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Glen Peterson gkp_0371_hordeum_no_auric
May Spartanburg County SC
Leaves 1-5mm wide, not auriculate, per Weakley's Flora.
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Glen Peterson gkp_0374_hordeum_ligule_r
May Spartanburg County SC
Ligules scarious (thin, dry, membranaceous, often more or less translucent), per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hordeum pusillum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hordeum pusillum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Hordeum pusillum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-23-001:
Hordeum pusillum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hordeum pusillum
3570
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Habitat: Roadsides, fields, pastures, ditches, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish, lustrous
Spikelets 1-flowered, 3 per node
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain
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