10b. Hordeum vulgare var. coeleste Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 85. 1753.
青稞 qing ke
Hordeum coeleste (Linnaeus) P. Beauvois; H. sativum var. coeleste (Linnaeus) Vilmorin.
Lemma with long awn 8–15 cm. Caryopsis free from lemma and palea. Fl. and fr. Jun–Sep. 2n = 14.
Sometimes cultivated in NW and SW China [cultivated in other non-tropical countries].
