Strand Memorial Herbarium

Family: Poaceae   Grass Family
Plant group comprising one of the largest families of flowering plants. Formerly referred to as Graminae.

Genus: Hordeum   Barley
About 30 species of annual and perennial grasses, native throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere, temperate South America, and also South Africa. Tribe Triticeae.

Scientific Name: Hordeum L.
Common Name(s): Barley
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Caption: 2-row barley inflorescence. ID: Hrb-HORSS-003 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): inflorescense

Caption: 2-row barley seeds on the left and 6-row barley seeds on the right. ID: Hrb-HORSS-004 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): seed

Caption: 2-row barley seeds. ID: Hrb-HORSS-002 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): seed

Caption: Barley's spike infloresence with long bristles and the barley's flag leaf. ID: Hrb-HORSS-006 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): inflorescense, leaf, mature

Caption: Comparison of 6-row and 2-row barley seeds. ID: Hrb-HORSS-005 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): seed

Caption: Dense patch of headed wild barley. ID: Hrb-HORSS-007 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): mature

Caption: Hull-less barley seeds. ID: Hrb-HORSS-001 Source: 35mm slide (photo) Credit: Keyword(s): seed