Common barley
ಬಾರ್ಲಿजौவாற்கோதுமை
Hordeum vulgare L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 76 cm
- wide
- 23 cm
Poaceae
When it flowers
JFMAMJJASOND
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- AnnualKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- E. Medit. to C. Asia and China (Sichuan, Yunnan)Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 30 cm to 1.2 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 15 cm to 30 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: flowers, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Chinese
- 大麥, 二棱大麥, 大麦
- German
- Gerste
- Greek
- κριθάρι
- Polish
- jęczmień
- Slovenian
- Ječmen, ječmen
- Asturian
- cebada
- Czech
- ječmen obecný
- Welsh
- haidd chwerhesog
- Spanish
- Cebada
- Finnish
- Ohra, pelto-ohra
- Northern Frisian
- Bere
- Croatian
- Ječam
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Hordeum vulgare (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.