Hordeum bulbosum L.

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Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Hordeum// Species: Hordeum bulbosum L.

Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 5 (Tutin et al., 1980).

Distribution: Native from the Mediterranean to West and Central Asia according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat:  Grasslands and ruderal areas.

Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Flowering period: Late spring – early summer: MAY, JUN.

Hordeum bulbosum – habit. Village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hordeum bulbosum – flowering stems with inflorescences. Village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hordeum bulbosum – inflorescence. Village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hordeum bulbosum – spikelets. Village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hordeum bulbosum – spikelets. Village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hordeum bulbosum – spikelets. Village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hordeum bulbosum – spikelets. Village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hordeum bulbosum – spikelets. Village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hordeum bulbosum – stems with leaves. Village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hordeum bulbosum – stems with leaves. Village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hordeum bulbosum – stems with leaves. Village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hordeum bulbosum – stem, leaf sheath with ligul and proximal part of leaf lamina. Village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hordeum bulbosum – stem, leaf sheath with ligul and proximal part of leaf lamina. Village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hordeum bulbosum – adaxial side of leaf lamina. Village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hordeum bulbosum – abaxial side of leaf lamina. Village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hordeum bulbosum – plant base. Village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hordeum bulbosum – stem with swollen base. Village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hordeum bulbosum – stem with swollen base. Village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hordeum bulbosum – swollen base of stem. Village of Shtalkovica, 21.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Hordeum bulbosum L. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:405169-1 [Accessed 06.06.2022].

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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