Hordeum pusillum Nuttall. Common name: Little Barley. Phenology: Apr-Jun. Habitat: Roadsides, fields, pastures, ditches, disturbed areas. Distribution: Probably restricted to west of the Mississippi River a few centuries ago, but now present (and in many areas common) throughout a broad portion of the United States, from ME west to WA south to n. FL, s. TX, CA, and Mexico.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: A diploid taxon.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, ETx1, F, FNA24, G, HC, Il, K4, Mi, Mo1, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, Tucker (1996); = Critesion pusillum (Nutt.) Á.Löve; = Hordeum pussilum — FlGr, orthographic error. Basionym: Hordeum pusillum Nutt. 1818
Links to other floras: = Hordeum pusillum - FNA24
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
- Great Plains: FACU
- Midwest: FAC
- Northcentral & Northeast: FAC
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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