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Hordeum californicum
California barley is a native perennial wild grass from Oregon, Nevada and California, usually found in dry, partly shaded places. It is a rarely grown ornamental, and the key to growing it is to keep it dry and lightly shaded.
Hordeum californicum is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae, native to the U.S. states of California, Nevada and Oregon.
Hordeum californicum lives in areas with low water and partial shade. It is a deciduous grass that grows upright, is coloured yellow, has a slow growth rate and grows 2-3 feet tall. It flowers in spring.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hordeum californicum 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.
