About

Green flower spikes and kernels appear in the summer and wave in the breeze, turner paler golden brown as they mature. An annual grass, more commonly known as barley with erect green stems and alternate leaves. The number of rows on the flower spike determine which type of barley it is. Six-row barley is used for animal feed as it has a higher protein content where as two-row barley is used for malt production for beer.

About the genus

Hordeum, also known as barley, are summer-flowering annual or perennial grasses that originate from temperate regions of the northern hemisphere and South America

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