Scientific name:
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Hordeum vulgare L. |
Family name latin:
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Poaceae |
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| Description: |
A cereal encompassing many types, originating in central Asia; introduced as a cultivated plant in the Neolithic period; today more often cultivated for feed purposes; up to120 cm high spiked cereal; ear multi-rowed, with four to six awn rows; awns up to 15 cm long; diploid (2n = 14); annual; flowering season : VI - VII;
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| Occurence: |
Cultivated in numerous types up to the 70th degree of latitude;
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| Related species: |
The most frequently to be found are: Hordeum distichon L.; often cultivated as malting barley (VII); Hordeum murinum L.; on rubble heaps and along pathsides (V - X); Hordeum secalinum Schreb.; on sandy and wet fields and along seashores (V - VIII);
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| Allergy trigger: |
Pollen, approx. 40 µm;
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| Invasions path: |
Inhalative (June bis July);
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| Synonyms: |
Barley, two, four or six-rowed
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| Allergology: |
Partly autogamous and emitting only very small amounts of pollen; thus only of regional clinical importance;
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| Clinical relevance: |
light
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| Cross reactivities: |
Occurrence possible- Oats, common
- Corn
- Rye-grass
- Ryegrass, perennial
- Wheat, common
- Blue grass, (Kentucky)
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