Latin name: Hordeum murinum L. ssp. glaucum
  (Steudel) Tzvelev
  Pronunciation: HOR-dee-um MEW-ri-num GLAW-
  kum

  Common name: Foxtail barley
  Family: Poaceae (Grass)
  Habitat: Weed in waste places and fields, below
  5000', native of Europe

  Blooming period: April to June
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Hordeum
  2) murinum
 3) glaucum
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