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Family: Poaceae Scientific name: Hordeum glaucum Description: Plant Form Annual grass. Size Up to 60 cm tall. Leaves Light green blades 2-20 cm long, flat, slightly hairy, with smooth edges and straight point. Flowers Green compact cylindrical spike, partly enclosed by a single leaf. Fruit and Seeds Spikelets green with long awn, tightly compacted in spike. With cylindrical seeds in groups of 3. Habitat Pastures, grasslands, lawns. Distinguishing Features Extremely similar to Barley grass (Hordeum leporinum).