Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness
Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department
of Natural Sciences
Hordeum jubatum Linnaeus
(Foxtail Barley)
Family: Poaceae
Status: Native
Synonyms:
By var., see Allred
Hordeum jubatum looks quite a bit like Elymus longifolius. In Hordeum jubatum, however, spikelets are borne in sets of three. The middle one is sessile and the two outer spikelets are on pedicels.
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Hordeum jubatum, photo Russ Kleinman & Kelly Kindscher, Lake Roberts, July 15, 2007
Hordeum jubatum, growth pattern, photo Russ Kleinman, Silver City, May 19, 2007
Hordeum jubatum, detail 3 spikelet pattern with one sessile and two pedicelled spikelets, photo Russ Kleinman, Silver City, Oct. 22, 2007
Hordeum jubatum, perennial growth habit/root system, photo Russ Kleinman, Silver City, Nov. 7, 2007
Hordeum jubatum, growth habit, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris & Denise Friedrick, Burro Mtns., Pancho Cyn., June 7, 2009
Hordeum jubatum, closeup of spike, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris & Denise Friedrick, Burro Mtns., Pancho Cyn., June 7, 2009
Hordeum jubatum, photomicrograph of leaf cross section, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris & Karen Blisard, City of Rocks State Park, October 15, 2022
