''Hordeum comosum'' is a species of wild barley in the family Poaceae. It is native to Chile and western and southern Argentina, and has been introduced to the

Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands (; es, Islas Malvinas, link=no ) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and about from Cape Dubou ...

. A widespread perennial grass, it is an important

forage Forage is a plant material (mainly plant leaves and stems) eaten by grazing livestock. Historically, the term ''forage'' has meant only plants eaten by the animals directly as pasture, crop residue, or immature cereal crops, but it is also us ...

as it is relished by sheep.

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comosum Forages Flora of northern Chile Flora of central Chile Flora of southern Chile Flora of Northwest Argentina Flora of South Argentina Plants described in 1830 {{Pooideae-stub