| Hare Barley |
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| File size | 122649 |
| Original date | 6/15/10 4:14 AM |
| Resolution | 640 x 480 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 70.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/125s |
| Aperture | 5.6 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSLR-A100 |
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Botanical name: Hordeum murinum ssp. leporinum Family: Poaceae (Grass family)
Hare Barley is a many branched, spreading, or nearly prostrate annual, 15
to 60 cm high. The seed, carried in florets, breaks from the head in
groups of three. This dispersal unit consists of a central, fertile floret
and two lateral, sterile florets. The glumes of the central spikelet and
the inner glumes of the lateral spikelets are more or less broadened and
flattened with hairs along their margin. The floret of the central
spikelet is on a stalk usually as long as the stalks of the lateral
spikelets, but the awns of the central spikelet itself are shorter than
the lateral awns. The awn is 1.5 to 2.5 cm long, stiffly erect and
spreading. Within the spikelet, the anthers are 0.8 to 1.5 mm long with a
strongly bilobed base.
Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh
| Photographed in Kashmir. |