Hordeum vulgare L.

Spice Spike In the field

Family: GRAMINEAE (POACEAE)

Genus: Hordeum

Catalan common name: Ordi.

Spanish common name: Cebada.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza. Formentera.

Uses and properties: Edible or foodstuffs.

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Cultivated species. Cultivated specie.

Characteristics: Barley is a cereal which is grown extensively, it has lightly compressed spikes and 4 or 6 blades can be seen. It is much larger than H. murinum and besides each spikelet has a characteristic long, thick awn.