Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Aquatics
Grass
Origin
Australia
North America, South America, Europe, Southern Africa, Asia
Types
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Hordeum jubatum
Number of Varieties
15
0
40000
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Habitat
along watercourse, Banks, Lake Sides, Near ponds
Cultivated Beds
USDA Hardiness Zone
7-11-9999
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
12-6
-
Sunset Zone
21,22
-
Habit
Spreading
-
Plant Size
Minimum Height
250.00 cm60.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
610.00 cm30.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
-
Green
Flower Color Modifier
-
Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
Brown
Leaf Color in Spring
Light Green, Dark Red
Green, Light Green, Gray Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green, Dark Red
Light Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Light Green, Dark Red
-
Leaf Color in Winter
Light Green, Gray Green, Dark Red
-
Shape
Leaf Shape
Round
Vertical
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Spring, Summer, Fall
-
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Growth Rate
Very Fast
Fast
Type of Soil
Loam, Sand
Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
-
Soil Drainage
Poorly Drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
-
Spring, Summer
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Wet Site
Drought
Where to Plant?
In Water
Ground
How to Plant?
Spores
Divison, Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Keep immersed in water
Average Water Needs, Do Not over Water
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
-
Soil Type
Loam, Sand
Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Poorly Drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
-
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Nitrogen
Pests and Diseases
-
wheat rust
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought
Flowers
-
-
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
Medium
Fine
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Frogs
Birds
Allergy
-
Pollen
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes, Water gardening
Showy Purposes
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
-
Swollen eyelids
Part of Plant Used
Seeds, Spores
Root, Seeds
Other Uses
Decoration Purposes, Starch
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
Container, Water Gardens
Cutflower, Dried Flower/Everlasting, Edible, Wildflower
Botanical Name
MARSILEA mutica
HORDEUM jubatum
Common Name
Banded Nardoo, Banded Water Clover, Pepperwort
Foxtail Barley, Wild Barley
In Hindi
Pepperwort
Foxtail Barley
In German
Pepperwort
Mähnengerste
In French
Pepperwort
Foxtail Barley
In Spanish
Pepperwort
La cebada de cola de zorra
In Greek
Pepperwort
αλωπέκουρου Κριθάρι
In Portuguese
Pepperwort
Foxtail Barley
In Polish
Pepperwort
włośnica Jęczmień
In Latin
Pepperwort
Hordeum foxtail
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Charophyta
Magnoliophyta
Class
Equisetopsida
Liliopsida
Order
-
Cyperales
Family
Marsileaceae
Poaceae
Genus
Marsilea
Hordeum
Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids
Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots
Tribe
Lapidieae
Hordeeae
Subfamily
-
Pooideae
Number of Species
6530
1
27800
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