| Scientific Name: | Hordeum vulgare |
| Common Name: | barley |
| Family Name: | Poaceae |
| Origin: | Africa, Central / west Asia |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual (true), Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Columnar |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Urban agriculture |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Alkaline, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | Spikelet, Yellow, Green, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Edible, Grain (caryopsis), Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaf blades up to 25cm long x 1.5cm wide; grains with very long awls. | |