Hordeum jubatum (bobtail barley, "Hosonogemugi")

Japanese name: ホソノゲムギ （細野毛麦）
Scientific name: Hordeum jubatum

[Overview]
A perennial 20–50 cm tall.
The leaves are alternate and linear, about 15 cm long and 0.4 cm wide.
Many spikelets at the stem tip form a slender cylindrical inflorescence about 3–13 cm long, which extends in an arch.
The central axis of the inflorescence breaks when ripe.
The spikelets have awns up to 10 cm long.
The spikes are pale green at first, then become tinged with red or purple.

[Cultivation]
Propagate from seed.
It grows well in any soil as long as the site is sunny and well drained.

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