What is "hordelymus"

Hordelymus is a genus of European, north African, and southwest Asian plants in the grass family.

The only known species is Hordelymus europaeus, native to Europe (from Sweden + Ireland to Spain, Italy, and Russia) as well as North Africa ( Algeria + Morocco) and southwestern Asia ( Turkey + Caucasus). Wood-barley is a common name for H. europaeus.

see Taeniatherum

• Hordelymus asper - Taeniatherum caput-medusae
• Hordelymus caput-medusae - Taeniatherum caput-medusae