Flora of Pakistan describes six-rowed barley as having all spikelets of each triad fertile, producing six longitudinal rows of fertile spikelets in the spike. It reports cultivation in the plains and up to 4,700 m in Ladakh.
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Flora of Pakistan describes six-rowed barley as having all spikelets of each triad fertile, producing six longitudinal rows of fertile spikelets in the spike. It reports cultivation in the plains and up to 4,700 m in Ladakh.
The Flora of China key distinguishes naked barley named var. coeleste by grain free from the lemma and palea and a long awn 8–15 cm at the lemma apex. In contrast, the key's typical var. vulgare has grain adherent to the lemma and palea.
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Approved version OWNER-REVIEW-20261107T090218062 · last approved 7 November 2026
Flora of China describes barley in its treatment as an annual grass with smooth erect culms 50–100 cm tall, leaf blades 9–25 cm long and a dense six-rowed spike. The lemma apex bears a long awn 8–15 cm or a three-forked appendage, and the grain may adhere to or be free from the lemma and palea. These are traits of that treatment and do not imply that all cultivated barley forms are six-rowed.
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