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Common name

English: Common wild oat

German: Flug-Hafer

Mandarin: 野燕麦 (ye yan mai)

Portuguese: Aveia-doida

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Liliopsida (392)

      Order: Cyperales (91)

        Family: Poaceae (72)(family description)

          Genus: Avena (3)

            Epithet: fatua L. (1)

fatua => empty, barren, inspid

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: green

External links

Check for Avena fatua at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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