Avena fatua

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names
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Read about Avena fatua in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Avena fatua, Linn. Wild Oats. Resembles the cultivated oat, but differs in having long, brown hairs on the lemmas: spikelets usually 3-fld.; glumes 1 in. long; awns of lemmas about an inch long. Dept. Agric., Div. of Agrost. 20:94.—Intro, from Eu., especially on the Pacific coast, where it is a troublesome weed. In the latter region the spontaneous growth is frequently used for hay. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Cultivation

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