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.
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.
Leicestershire & Rutland Map
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