When I was a kid our weapon of choice for fun-fights on the way home from school was either a handful of sticky-Jack Galium aparine or the seed heads of this grass, wall barley Hordeum murinum. Used as darts, they’d sticky satisfyingly into the woolly school jumper of an opponent. These days, I tend to appreciate this common grass for its aesthetic qualities, especially when its long awns catch the early morning sunlight or are covered in dew.
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