Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Grass
Bulb or Corm or Tuber
Origin
North America, South America, Europe, Southern Africa, Asia
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Types
Hordeum jubatum
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Number of Varieties
560
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40000
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Habitat
Cultivated Beds
Banks, meadows, Roadsides, Shores of rivers or lakes
USDA Hardiness Zone
-9999-9999
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99
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AHS Heat Zone
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12-3
Sunset Zone
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21,22
Habit
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Clump-Forming
Plant Size
Minimum Height
60.00 cm30.50 cm
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3900
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Minimum Width
30.00 cm22.90 cm
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6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Green
White, Yellow, Red, Green
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Bicolor
Fruit Color
Brown
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Leaf Color in Spring
Green, Light Green, Gray Green
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Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green
Light Green
Leaf Color in Fall
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Several shades of Green
Leaf Color in Winter
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Light Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Vertical
Lobed and toothed
Thorns
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✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
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Spring, Summer, Winter
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun
Full Sun
Growth Rate
Fast
Fast
Type of Soil
Loam, Sand
Loam
The pH of Soil
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Acidic, Neutral
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
Spring, Summer
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Repeat Bloomer
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✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
Variety of soil types
Where to Plant?
Ground
Ground
How to Plant?
Divison, Seedlings
Divison, Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Low
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs, Do Not over Water
Average Water Needs
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
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Acidic, Neutral
Soil Type
Loam, Sand
Loam
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Full Sun
Pruning
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Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead flowers, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
Nitrogen
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
wheat rust
Powdery mildew
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Variety of soil types
Flowers
-
Showy
Flower Petal Number
Single
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Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Fine
-
Foliage Sheen
Matte
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Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Birds
Butterflies
Allergy
Pollen
Pollen
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes
Beautification, Cottage Garden, Ground Cover, Landscape Designing, Showy Purposes
Beauty Benefits
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-
Edible Uses
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Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Swollen eyelids
Anodyne, Arthritis, Bronchitis, Nerve pain
Part of Plant Used
Root, Seeds
Flowers, Leaves
Other Uses
Roasted seed is used as a coffee substitute, Used as a cereal in making bread, porridge
Used as Ornamental plant
Used As Indoor Plant
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✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
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Garden Design
Cutflower, Dried Flower/Everlasting, Edible, Wildflower
Bedding Plant, Container, Cutflower, Mixed Border
Botanical Name
HORDEUM jubatum
Ranunculus acris
Common Name
Foxtail Barley, Wild Barley
Ranunculus, meadow buttercup, tall buttercup, common buttercup, giant buttercup
In Hindi
Foxtail Barley
Ranunculus
In German
Mähnengerste
Ranunkel
In French
Foxtail Barley
Ranunculus
In Spanish
La cebada de cola de zorra
ranúnculo
In Greek
αλωπέκουρου Κριθάρι
Ranunculus
In Portuguese
Foxtail Barley
Ranogkylos
In Polish
włośnica Jęczmień
Ranogkylos
In Latin
Hordeum foxtail
Ranogkylos
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Cyperales
Ranunculales
Family
Poaceae
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Hordeum
Ranunculus
Clade
Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots
Angiosperms, Eudicots
Tribe
Hordeeae
Ranunculeae
Subfamily
Pooideae
Ranunculoideae
Number of Species
30600
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27800
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