Native Plants
Hordeum pusillum
Hordeum pusillum Nutt.
Little Barley
Poaceae (Grass Family)
USDA Symbol: HOPUUSDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)
Specimen & Label Data
Hordeum pusillum
Little Barley
Poaceae
Location: 14511 Star Cross Trail, Helotes, TX.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: At bottom of west facing hill. Soil very stoney, but still with good dirt.
Description: Stems 10-40 cm tall. Stem nodes and leaves hairless. Blades flat, thin, to 12 cm long and 5 mm wide with small auricles. Inflorescence narrow and spike-like, breaking up at internodes in maturity. Outer glumes of lateral spikelets bristlelike.
County: Bexar
Collector: Mike Fox
Collection Date: Apr 28, 1995
Specimen number: 161
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 1025
Accession Date: May 23, 1995
Accession Number: 82
Annotations: SXFRB (In fruit)