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Rye

Secale cereale

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Rye
Photo: LSDSL, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

At a glance

Scientific name
Secale cereale
Group
Monocotyledon
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Continent
Asia
Habitat
Fields
Form
Grass
Leaves
Shed in winter
Flower colour
Inconspicuous
Blooms in
Spring, Summer
Use
Food
Difficulty in WildGuessr
Medium

Did you know?

  • It began as a weed in wheat and barley fields, and farmers in cold regions later kept it as a crop.
  • Unlike wheat and barley, rye is mostly pollinated by wind carrying pollen from other plants.

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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q12099 · All plants · All entries