Emmer , Triticum dicoccon Schrank. Emmer is one of the most ancient of cultivated cereals. It may be either winter or spring in habit. Leaves generally are pubescent. Spikes are very dense and flattened laterally.
Spikelets generally contain two flowers and generally are awned.
The red or white kernels remain enclosed in the glumes after threshing. They are slender and acute at both ends. Emmer was formerl rown in the United States for feed on a limited acreage but now has substantially disappeared from cultivation. It is a winter annual with loose, flattened spikes bearing long, stiff awns. Spikelets fall from the fragile spike at maturity.