Family:
Poaceae Barnhart
Genus:
Avena L.

Avena fatua L.

This species is accepted, and its native range is Macaronesia, Temp. Eurasia, N. Africa. It is used as animal food, a poison and a medicine and for food.

[CPLC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Naturalizada y adventicia en Colombia; Alt. 2000 - 3000 m.; Andes.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba
Conservation
No Evaluada

[UNAL]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
avena, avena cimarrona

[UPB]

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Ecology
Alt. 2000 - 3000 m.
Morphology General Habit
Herb.
Distribution
Introduced and naturalised in Colombia.
Conservation
Not Evaluated.

[FTEA]

Gramineae, W. D. Clayton, S. M. Phillips & S. A. Renvoize. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1974

Morphology General Habit
Annual; culms 30–150 cm. high, erect or geniculate at the base, stout, simple.
Morphology Leaves
Leaf-blades 10–45 cm. long and 3–15 mm. wide, glabrous, rough; ligules up to 6 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Panicle nodding, narrowly to broadly pyramidal, 10–40 cm. long and up to 20 cm. wide, loose, with rough spreading branches.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
Spikelets pendulous, 18–28 mm. long, 2–3-flowered, the rhachilla articulated beneath each floret; glumes lanceolate, finely acute; lemmas 14–20 mm. long, densely bearded around the horseshoe-shaped basal callus with hairs up to 4 mm. long, stiffly hairy and finally brown in the lower two-thirds, green and rough above, unequally and shortly 2–4-toothed at the apex; awn 2.5–4 cm. long, geniculate, the column dark brown.
Figures
Fig. 28, p. 83.
Habitat
Weed of arable land; 2100–2400 m.
Distribution
K3 Europe, North Africa, western and central Asiaintroduced to many other countries

[FZ]

Gramineae, E. Launert. Flora Zambesiaca 10:1. 1971

Morphology General Habit
A weak annual.
Morphology Culms
Culms 40-150 cm. tall, 3-5-noded, solitary, or in small tufts, simple, erect or ascending from a geniculate base, terete, smooth, usually glabrous.
Morphology Leaves Leaf sheaths
Leaf-sheaths striate, dorsally rounded, the inferior often pilose, smooth.
Morphology Leaves Ligules
Ligule up to 6 mm. long, membranous, obtuse.
Morphology Leaves Leaf lamina
Leaf-laminae 10-50 x 0.3-1.6 cm., linear to lanceolate-linear, tapering to a fine point, expanded, vivid green, glabrous or rarely scattered pilose, scaberulous on both surfaces.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Panicle 10-45 cm. long, up to 20 cm. in diameter, usually nodding, open and loose, pyramidal; branches usually clustered, rarely solitary (except the upper ones), spreading, filiform, loosely branched, scaberulous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
Spikelets 18-30 mm. long, 2-3-flowered (with a reduced terminal floret), narrowly oblong to obtriangular-oblong in outline, gaping, pendulous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
Glumes equal to slightly unequal, 7-11-nerved, somewhat cross-veined, lanceolate, with the apex acute.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Lemma
Lemmas 14-20 mm. long, 7-9-nerved, all awned, lanceolate or lanceolate-oblong, with the apex 2-4-dentate, stiffly pilose towards the base, scaberulous towards the apex, densely bearded at the insertion; awn up to 4.25 cm. long, inserted around the middle of the lemma, dark brown below, green or yellowish towards the apex.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Palea
Palea densely ciliate along the keels.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Anthers
Anthers c. 3 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Caryopsis 6-8 mm. long, tightly enclosed between the hardened lemma and the palea.

[UPFC]
Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean. Elevation range: 2000–3000 m a.s.l. Naturalised in Colombia. Colombian departments: Bogotá DC, Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Nariño.
Habit
Herb.
Conservation
IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: shrubland.
Vernacular
Avena silvestre

[GB]
Morphology General Habit
Annual. Culms erect, or geniculately ascending; 30-150 cm long; 3-5 -noded. Leaves cauline. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 4-6 mm long. Leaf-blades 10-45 cm long; 3-15 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface scaberulous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle open; pyramidal; nodding; 10-40 cm long; 5-20 cm wide. Primary panicle branches drooping. Panicle branches scaberulous. Spikelets pendulous; solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled. Pedicels filiform.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
Spikelets comprising 2-3 fertile florets; with a barren rhachilla extension. Spikelets cuneate; laterally compressed; 18-28 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Floret callus evident; bearded; obtuse; disarticulating obliquely. Floret callus hairs 0.2 length of lemma.
Fertile
Spikelets comprising 2-3 fertile florets; with a barren rhachilla extension. Spikelets cuneate; laterally compressed; 18-28 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Floret callus evident; bearded; obtuse; disarticulating obliquely. Floret callus hairs 0.2 length of lemma.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
Glumes persistent; similar; exceeding apex of florets; thinner than fertile lemma; gaping. Lower glume lanceolate; 18-28 mm long; 1 length of upper glume; membranous; without keels; 7-11 -veined. Lower glume apex acuminate. Upper glume lanceolate; 18-28 mm long; 1.2-1.4 length of adjacent fertile lemma; membranous; without keels; 7-11 -veined. Upper glume apex acuminate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Fertile lemma lanceolate; 14-20 mm long; coriaceous; much thinner above; dark brown; without keel; 7-9 -veined. Lemma surface pilose; hairy below. Lemma apex dentate; 2-4 -fid; with irregular lobes; awned; 1 -awned. Principal lemma awn dorsal; arising 0.5 way up back of lemma; geniculate; 25-40 mm long overall; with twisted column. Palea keels ciliate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Anthers 3; 3 mm long. Ovary pubescent all over.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Caryopsis with adherent pericarp; 6-8 mm long; hairy all over. Hilum linear.
Distribution
Europe: northern, central, southwestern, southeastern, and eastern. Africa: north, Macaronesia, northeast tropical, east tropical, southern tropical, and south. Asia-temperate: Siberia, Soviet far east, Soviet Middle Asia, Caucasus, western Asia, Arabia, China, Mongolia, and eastern Asia. Asia-tropical: India and Malesia. Australasia: Australia and New Zealand. Pacific: south-central, northwestern, and north-central. North America: Subarctic, western Canada, eastern Canada, northwest USA, north-central USA, northeast USA, southwest USA, south-central USA, and Mexico. South America: Mesoamericana, Caribbean, northern South America, western South America, Brazil, and southern South America. Antarctic: Subantarctic islands.
Reference
Aveneae. FTEA.

[UPB]
Use Gene Sources
Crop wild relatives which may possess beneficial traits of value in breeding programmes (State of the World's Plants 2016).
Use Medicines
Medicinal (Instituto Humboldt 2014).

[UPFC]
Use Animal Food
Used as animal food.
Use Gene Sources
Used as gene sources.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
Use Poisons
Poisons.

Doubtfully present in:

Greece

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Gulf States, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Manchuria, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Qinghai, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yemen, Yugoslavia

Extinct in:

Jawa

Introduced into:

Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Amur, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Cyprus, Delaware, Desventurados Is., Easter Is., Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, Free State, Great Britain, Guatemala, Hawaii, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ireland, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, Kermadec Is., Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Marquesas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Queensland, Québec, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, Society Is., South Australia, South Dakota, South Georgia, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon, Zimbabwe

English
Spring Wild Oat
Spanish
Avena silvestre.

Avena fatua L. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Cope, T.A. [RBG 173], United Kingdom K000914524 Yes

First published in Sp. Pl.: 80 (1753)

Accepted by

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