meadow barley

Scientific name: ​ Hordeum secalinum
Family: Poaceae
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Flowering time: June to July
Height: 30 to 60cm
Growing conditions: clay soils
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Description
Perennial
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How to identify: narrow (to 5 mm) flat roughish leaves, the flower spikes are slender 2.5 to 5 cm long and sometimes flushed purple. The glumes are bristle-like and rough.
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