Hordeum brevisubulatum(Trin.) Link

WFO wfo-0000874685 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Hordeum brevisubulatum, photographed by Нурхайдарова Татьяна
fig. a Нурхайдарова Татьяна, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-08-22 / obs. 92934779
Hordeum brevisubulatum, photographed by Alexander Dubynin
fig. b Alexander Dubynin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 44996420
Hordeum brevisubulatum, photographed by Pavel Komkov
fig. c Pavel Komkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 150704001
Hordeum brevisubulatum, photographed by Анна Васильченко
fig. d Анна Васильченко, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 140361875
Hordeum brevisubulatum, photographed by Юлия
fig. e Юлия, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205428477
Hordeum brevisubulatum, photographed by Andrew Bazdyrev
fig. f Andrew Bazdyrev, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176589162
Hordeum brevisubulatum, photographed by Анна Митрошенкова
fig. g Анна Митрошенкова, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 136669227
Hordeum brevisubulatum, photographed by Alexander Dubynin
fig. h Alexander Dubynin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 75904613

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Native range 36 botanical countries

Regions where Hordeum brevisubulatum is native: Afghanistan, Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, China North-Central, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Primorye, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia AfghanistanAltayAmurBuryatiyaChina North-CentralChitaInner MongoliaIranIrkutskKazakhstanKhabarovskKirgizstanKrasnoyarskMagadanManchuriaMongoliaNorth CaucasusPrimoryeQinghaiTadzhikistanTibetTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanTuvaUzbekistanWest SiberiaXinjiangYakutiyaNepalPakistanWest HimalayaCentral European RussiaEast European RussiaNorth European RussiaSouth European Russia
Native distribution of Hordeum brevisubulatum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Altay ALT
Amur AMU
Buryatiya BRY
China North-Central CHN
Chita CTA
Inner Mongolia CHI
Iran IRN
Irkutsk IRK
Kazakhstan KAZ
Khabarovsk KHA
Kirgizstan KGZ
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Magadan MAG
Manchuria CHM
Mongolia MON
North Caucasus NCS
Primorye PRM
Qinghai CHQ
Tadzhikistan TZK
Tibet CHT
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Tuva TVA
Uzbekistan UZB
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX
Yakutiya YAK
Central European Russia RUC EUROPE
East European Russia RUE
North European Russia RUN
South European Russia RUS
Nepal NEP ASIA-TROPICAL
Pakistan PAK
West Himalaya WHM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Where it actually grows measured, from 323 observations

Condition 5th percentile Median 95th percentile
Coldest month, mean daily low -29.2 °C -22.6 °C -13.2 °C
Warmest month, mean daily high 15.7 °C 22.9 °C 25.5 °C
Annual rainfall 226 mm 395 mm 1,013 mm
Rainfall in the driest quarter 7 mm 30 mm 94 mm

It is found where winters are arctic. This is not care advice and it is not a forecast. It is a measurement: we sampled the climate at every one of the 323 research-grade observations of Hordeum brevisubulatum that carry a coordinate, and this is the range those places actually span. The 5th and 95th percentiles are used rather than the minimum and maximum, because a single cultivated specimen in a heated conservatory should not widen a tropical plant's range to the Arctic.

This is not a hardiness zone. A USDA zone is the average annual extreme minimum temperature. The figure above is the mean daily minimum of the coldest month, which is a different quantity and is typically far warmer. Reading one as the other would place a plant several zones too warm, so we do not publish a hardiness zone, because we do not have one.

Also published as 25 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Critesion brevisubulatum (Trin.) Á.Löve
  • Critesion brevisubulatum subsp. nevskianum (Bowden) Á.Löve
  • Critesion brevisubulatum subsp. turkestanicum (Nevski) Á.Löve
  • Critesion iranicum (Bothmer) Á.Löve
  • Critesion nevskianum (Bowden) Tzvelev
  • Critesion turkestanicum (Nevski) Tzvelev
  • Critesion violaceum (Boiss. & Hohen.) Á.Löve
  • Hordeum brevisubulatum subsp. brevisubulatum
  • Hordeum brevisubulatum subsp. iranicum Bothmer
  • Hordeum brevisubulatum subsp. nevskianum (Bowden) Tzvelev
  • Hordeum brevisubulatum subsp. turkestanicum (Nevski) Tzvelev
  • Hordeum brevisubulatum subsp. violaceum (Boiss. & Hohen.) Tzvelev
  • Hordeum brevisubulatum var. hirtellum Z.S.Qin & S.D.Zhao
  • Hordeum brevisubulatum var. nevskianum (Bowden) Tzvelev
  • Hordeum brevisubulatum var. puberulum (Krylov) Melderis
  • Hordeum brevisubulatum var. turkestanicum (Nevski) P.C.Kuo
  • Hordeum iranicum (Bothmer) Tzvelev
  • Hordeum macilentum Steud.
  • Hordeum nevskianum Bowden
  • Hordeum secalinum f. puberulum Krylov
  • Hordeum secalinum subsp. brevisubulatum (Trin.) Krylov
  • Hordeum secalinum var. brevisubulatum Trin.
  • Hordeum turkestanicum Nevski
  • Hordeum turkestanicum var. iranicum (Bothmer) C.Yen & J.L.Yang

and 1 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.