Hordeum brachyantherum
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Hordeum brachyantherum, known by the common name Meadow barley, is a species of barley
. It is native to western North America from Alaska
to northern Mexico, coastal areas of eastern-most Russia (Kamchatka), and a small area of coastal Newfoundland.
The diploid cytotype occurs only in California
,throughout the state, while everywhere else plants are tetraploid.
This is a tufting perennial bunchgrass approaching a meter-3 feet in maximum height. It produces compact, narrow inflorescence
s 8 to 10 centimeters long and purplish in color. Like other barleys the spikelets come in triplets. It has two small, often sterile lateral spikelets on pedicels
and a larger, fertile central spikelet lacking a pedicel.
Hordeum
Hordeum is a genus of about 30 species of annual and perennial grasses, native throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere, temperate South America, and also South Africa....
. It is native to western North America from Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
to northern Mexico, coastal areas of eastern-most Russia (Kamchatka), and a small area of coastal Newfoundland.
The diploid cytotype occurs only in California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
,throughout the state, while everywhere else plants are tetraploid.
This is a tufting perennial bunchgrass approaching a meter-3 feet in maximum height. It produces compact, narrow inflorescence
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
s 8 to 10 centimeters long and purplish in color. Like other barleys the spikelets come in triplets. It has two small, often sterile lateral spikelets on pedicels
Pedicel (botany)
A pedicel is a stem that attaches single flowers to the main stem of the inflorescence. It is the branches or stalks that hold each flower in an inflorescence that contains more than one flower....
and a larger, fertile central spikelet lacking a pedicel.