Hordeum brachyantherum subsp. brachyantherum

Species category

Weed

Common name

meadow barley

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

SpikeletSpikelet:
One or more florets that are subtended by a pair of bracts called glumes. Spikelets are pedicellate if located on a pedicle and sessile if attached directly to the rachis. Often spikelets with single florets have remnants of a second floret, usually a lemma.

Shape

Triangular

Size

  • Length 7–9 mm
  • Width 3–4 mm
  • Thickness 1.5–2 mm

Color

Brown

Texture

Smooth

Lemma

ApicalApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.
end has short awnAwn:
A narrow, bristle-like organ, as on the glumes or lemmas of grasses (Poaceae).
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Palea

Visible with two distinct margins

Other structures

Long rachillaRachilla:
The axis of a spikelet.
; lateral spikeletsSpikelet:
One or more florets that are subtended by a pair of bracts called glumes. Spikelets are pedicellate if located on a pedicle and sessile if attached directly to the rachis. Often spikelets with single florets have remnants of a second floret, usually a lemma.
are usually sterile.

Identification notes

Each floretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil.
is subtended by two narrow glumesGlume:
The pair of chaffy bracts that occur at the base of a grass spikelet, often completely enclosing it.
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Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Poaceae

Valid name

Hordeum brachyantherum subsp. brachyantherum Nevski

Synonyms

Critesion brachyantherum (Nevski) Barkworth & D.R. Dewey
Critesion jubatum (L.) Nevski ssp. breviaristatum (Bowden) Á. Löve & D. Löve
Hordeum boreale Scribn. & J.G. Sm. 
Hordeum jubatum L. ssp. breviaristatum Bowden
Hordeum jubatum L. var. boreale (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) B. Boivin
Hordeum nodosum L. p.p.
Hordeum nodosum L. var. boreale (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Hitchc.

 Hordeum brachyantherum  subsp.  brachyantherum.  Spikelets with a long rachilla and lateral spikelets that are usually sterile.
Hordeum brachyantherum subsp. brachyantherum. Spikelets with a long rachilla and lateral spikelets that are usually sterile.