Oat - Avena sativa
Alt Name
Cultivated Oat and as Common Oat
Description
Similar to Wild Oat, but the spikelets are 17 to 20 mm long, without hairs on the lemma bases; the lemmas with fairly straight awns, or sometimes awnless.
Similar Species
Avena fatua
Identification difficulty
Recording advice
The County Recorder has asked for a specimen of this plant to be retained for verification
Habitat
Roadside verges and field margins.
When to see it
Flowers June to September.
Life History
Perennial
UK Status
Widespread in Britain as a relic of cultivation.
VC55 Status
Occasional escape from cultivation in Leicestershire and Rutland. It was not recorded in the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire.
Graham CalowHigham on the Hill12 June 2015
David NichollsRatby05 June 2014
Graham CalowSpringwell Lane, near Whetsone01 July 2016often without awns
David NichollsRatby05 June 2014
Graham CalowHigham on the Hill11 June 2015
David NichollsRatby05 June 2014
Graham CalowHigham on the Hill11 June 2015
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Graham CalowHigham on the Hill11 June 2015
Graham CalowHigham on the Hill11 June 2015
Graham CalowWitherley18 June 2015
Graham CalowSpringwell Lane, near Whetsone01 July 2016
