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Hordeum brevisubulatum

Hordeum brevisubulatum is a perennial wild barley native to temperate and subarctic Eastern Europe and Asia, found mainly in saline grasslands. It is a halophyte, so it tolerates salty soils and is grown mostly for forage, soil stabilisation and salt-affected land rather than as a garden ornamental.

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately while establishing, then rely on rainfall; it tolerates periods of dryness once settled.
Soil
Tolerates saline, alkaline and poor soils; well-drained loam or saline steppe soil.
Temperature
Hardy to well below freezing, suited to cold winters; exact limits not documented.
How easy
Easy
Native range
E. Europe to Russian Far East and Himalaya
Climate
temperate

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Hordeum brevisubulatum is a widespread species of wild barley native to temperate and subarctic Eastern Europe and Asia. A halophyte, it prefers to grow in saline grasslands.

Other Hordeum plants

Hordeum aegiceras · Arizona barley · Hordeum bogdanii · Meadow barley · Bulbous barley · California Barley · Cape Wild Barley · Hordeum chilense · Hordeum comosum · Hordeum cordobense · Dwarf barley · Two Rowed Barley

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hordeum brevisubulatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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