Spikelets; Schiftung, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; 7/2013 © Jörn Germer
Upper surface of leaf; Schiftung, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; 7/2013 © Jörn Germer
Lower surface of leaf; Schiftung, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; 7/2013 © Jörn Germer
Ligule; Schiftung, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; 7/2013 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Schiftung, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; 7/2013 © Jörn Germer
Field crop; Schiftung, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; 7/2013 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 2142 Date of entry: 08.07.2013 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Oat
German: Hafer
Portuguese: Aveia
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Cyperales (91)
Family: Poaceae (73)(family description)
Genus: Avena (3)
Epithet: sativa L. (6)
sativa => sown, planted, cultivated, not wild
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: green
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