While several flowers are present in each spikelet only three usually develop kemels. Kemels are free-threshing, flinty, generally red. Persian wheat is grown in the Eastern Mediterranean Area, including southern U.S.S.R., but not commercially in the United States. Macha wheat , Triticum aestivum subsp. This is a late-maturing winter wheat with tall, hollow stems.
Spikes vary in density from open to dense, with short awns.
Kernels remain in the spikelets after threshing, They are elliptical, red, and intermediate in hardness. Macha wheat is grown in Transcaucasia, U.S.S.R., but not commercially in the United States. Vavilovi wheat , Triticum aestivum subsp. This is a winter type wheat, midseason in maturity with thick, strong, stems. Spikes are medium dense to loose, and awded.