Kernels are short and almost spherical, unique among wheats, and thresh free. Shot wheat is grown in Northwest India, but not commercially in the United States. Oriental wheat , Triticum turanicum jakubz. This is a spring wheat, early in maturity with narrow, pubescent leaves. Spikes are long, loose, and almost square in cross-section.
Awns are long and often black.
Spikelets produce 2 or 3 kernels which are long, narrow, white and hard. This wheat is grown in the Mediterranean Area and the Near East, but not in the United States. This is a latematuring spring wheat with leaf blades that are pubescent on both sides. Spikes are very compact, rather short, somewhat pyramidal in shape with soft, thin, rather short awns. Spikelets usually contain two kernels.