Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum
FAMILY
Poaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-23-004:
Hordeum jubatum FAMILY Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Hordeum jubatum
COMMON NAME:
Foxtail Barley, Squirreltail Barley
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hordeum jubatum ssp. jubatum
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-23-004:
Hordeum jubatum
FAMILY
Poaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Hordeum jubatum
4820
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: Roadsides, other disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native: western North America
Rare in NC Mountains & NC Piedmont (waifs elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Spikelets 1-flowered, 3 per node
FRUIT:
Grain
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