Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Avena sativa
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Learn more about Avena from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Avena sativa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Avena sativa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)
Avena sativa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-33-001:
Avena sativa FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Avena sativa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Avena sativa
COMMON NAME:
Domestic Oats
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_avsa_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_avsa_002_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm120526_586b
May Spartanburg County SC
Spikelets 15-30mm long, 6-10mm wide. Glumes usually 9-nerved, glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm120526_588
May Spartanburg County SC
Leaf blades glabrous on both surfaces; sheaths glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Keith Bradley kab_avena_sativa_9106
November Berkeley County SC
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Keith Bradley kab_avena_sativa_9115
November Berkeley County SC
Panicle loose, open; branches spreading to ascending, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Avena sativa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Avena sativa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Avena sativa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Avena sativa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-33-001:
Avena sativa
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Avena sativa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Avena sativa
3494
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Habitat: Fields and disturbed areas, commonly planted but not long-persistent, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Middle East
Common in Coastal Plain & in Carolina Piedmont (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Inflorescence a loose open panicle
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer?
Grain yellowish
Grain
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