Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Grass
Aquatics
Origin
North America, South America, Europe, Southern Africa, Asia
North America, Europe, Asia
Types
Hordeum jubatum
Lemna minor
Number of Varieties
537
0
40000
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Habitat
Cultivated Beds
Lakes, Ponds, sluggish streams and rivers
USDA Hardiness Zone
-99991-8
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
-
7-1
Sunset Zone
-
21,22
Habit
-
Spreading
Plant Size
Minimum Height
60.00 cm5.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
30.00 cm0.12 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Green
-
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
-
Fruit Color
Brown
Light Green
Leaf Color in Spring
Green, Light Green, Gray Green
Green, Light Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green
Green, Light Green
Leaf Color in Fall
-
Green, Light Green
Leaf Color in Winter
-
Light Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Vertical
Oblong-lanceolate
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
-
Spring, Summer, Fall
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Growth Rate
Fast
Fast
Type of Soil
Loam, Sand
-
The pH of Soil
-
-
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Poorly Drained
Bloom Time
Spring, Summer
Late Spring, Early Summer
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
Cold climate, Salt, Wet Site
Where to Plant?
Ground
In Water
How to Plant?
Divison, Seedlings
Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Low
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs, Do Not over Water
Plant grows in water
In Summer
Lots of watering
Aquatic Plant
In Spring
Moderate
Aquatic Plant
In Winter
Average Water
Aquatic Plant
Soil
Soil pH
-
-
Soil Type
Loam, Sand
-
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Poorly Drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Pruning
-
-
Fertilizers
Nitrogen
No fertilizers needed
Pests and Diseases
wheat rust
Insects, Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Cold climate, Salt
Flowers
-
Insignificant
Flower Petal Number
Single
-
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Fine
Fine
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Glossy
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Birds
Insects
Allergy
Pollen
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes
-
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Food for insects
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Swollen eyelids
Swelling
Part of Plant Used
Root, Seeds
-
Other Uses
Roasted seed is used as a coffee substitute, Used as a cereal in making bread, porridge
-
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Cutflower, Dried Flower/Everlasting, Edible, Wildflower
Bog Garden, Water Gardens
Botanical Name
HORDEUM jubatum
LEMNA trisulca
Common Name
Foxtail Barley, Wild Barley
Duckmeat, Frog's Buttons, Ivyleaf Duckweed, Star Duckweed
In Hindi
Foxtail Barley
duckweed
In German
Mähnengerste
Entengrütze
In French
Foxtail Barley
lentille d'eau
In Spanish
La cebada de cola de zorra
Lenteja de agua
In Greek
αλωπέκουρου Κριθάρι
duckweed
In Portuguese
Foxtail Barley
lentilha-d'água
In Polish
włośnica Jęczmień
Rzęsa
In Latin
Hordeum foxtail
duckweed
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Liliopsida
Order
Cyperales
Arales
Family
Poaceae
Lemnaceae
Genus
Hordeum
Lemna
Clade
Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots
Angiosperms, Monocots
Tribe
Hordeeae
Lemneae
Subfamily
Pooideae
Lemnoideae
Number of Species
3038
1
27800
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