Hordeum spontaneum
K. Koch
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Grain, Seeds, Cereal
The grain and seeds are harvested and used as cereal.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. It grows in waste places and among stones between 3,500-4,000 m above sea level.
Afghanistan, Africa, Armenia, Asia, Caucasus, Central Asia, China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, NE Africa, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan,
How to Identify
A grass that grows each year from seed. It grows 40-50 cm tall. The leaf blade is 5-10 cm long by 4-6 mm wide.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Hordeum spontaneum, commonly known as wild barley or spontaneous barley, is the wild form of the grass in the family Poaceae that gave rise to the cereal barley (Hordeum vulgare). Domestication is thought to have occurred on two occasions, first about ten thousand years ago in the Fertile Crescent and again later, several thousand kilometres further east.
References (2)
- Davies, C. L., Waugh, D. L. & Lefroy, E. C., 2005, Perenial Grain Crops for High Water Use. The case of Microlaena stipoides. RIRDC Publication No. 05/024
- Gabrielian, E. & Zohary, D.: Wild relatives of food crops native to Armenia and Nakhichevan. — Fl. Medit. 14: 5-80. 2004. — ISSN 1120-4052.
