Hordeum murinum - Mouse barley

Mouse barley (Hordeum murinum) is an annual grass of disturbed ground and dry grassland across Europe and North Africa, naturalized widely as a weed. Its grain is edible but the mature awns are sharp and barbed, a handling hazard for both people and grazing animals.

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Well drained soil¹
• Moist soil¹
• Full sun¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Medicinal use¹

Type

• Herb
• Annual

Functions

• Livestock forage¹

Footnotes

1. Hordeum murinum | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹²