Southbank Barn, Henfield (by front door). Meadow Barley instead has slenderer flower spikes with less and shorter awns so tends to be more upright. But in particular see the later image regarding auricles and leaf sheaths.

Wall Barley (Hordeum murinum) (03/06/2021) Southbank Barn, Henfield (by front door). Meadow Barley instead has slenderer flower spikes with less and shorter awns so tends to be more upright. But in particular see the later image regarding auricles and leaf sheaths.

Wall Barley (Hordeum murinum) (03/06/2021) Southbank Barn, Henfield (by front door). You can just about make out the anthers here.

Wall Barley (Hordeum murinum) (03/06/2021) Southbank Barn, Henfield (by front door). Lots of and longer awns than Meadow Barley.

Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank along driveway). Wall Barley is usually greener, but does sometimes have the purplish awns, especially as it is starting to age (and will turn brownish) as this one is.

Wall Barley (Hordeum murinum) (17/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank along driveway). Wall Barley is usually greener, but does sometimes have the purplish awns, especially as it is starting to age (and will turn brownish) as this one is.

Wall Barley (Hordeum murinum) (17/06/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank along driveway).

Southbank Barn, Henfield (by front door). Look at the auricles - the one on the left looks more like Meadow Barley (auricles don't overlap) but the leaft sheath is swollen, unlike those on Meadow Barley. But if you look at the aricles on the one on the right, they do overlap - classic for Wall Barley. Also the leaves here are hairy and wide, Meadow Barley instead has narrower leaves.

Wall Barley (Hordeum murinum) (03/06/2021) Southbank Barn, Henfield (by front door). Look at the auricles - the one on the left looks more like Meadow Barley (auricles don't overlap) but the leaft sheath is swollen, unlike those on Meadow Barley. But if you look at the aricles on the one on the right, they do overlap - classic for Wall Barley. Also the leaves here are hairy and wide, Meadow Barley instead has narrower leaves.