Plantae > Tracheophyta > Liliopsida > Poales > Poaceae > Avena > Avena barbataAvena barbata (slender oat; slender oats; slender wildoat)Synonyms: Avena alba f. fallax; Avena alba f. triflora; Avena alba var. barbata; Avena alba var. hirtula; Avena alba var. wiestii; Avena almeriensis; Avena atheranthera; Avena barbata atheranthera; Avena barbata castellana; Avena barbata f. colorata; Avena barbata f. triflora; Avena barbata hirtula; Avena barbata hoppeana; Avena barbata lusitanica; Avena barbata subtypica; Avena barbata var. caspica; Avena barbata var. frutescens; Avena barbata var. hirtula; Avena barbata var. media; Avena barbata var. minor; Avena barbata var. solida; Avena barbata var. subtypica; Avena barbata var. triflora; Avena barbata var. wiestii; Avena barbata weistii; Avena barbata wiestii; Avena bolivaris; Avena cypria; Avena damascena; Avena deusta; Avena fatua barbata; Avena hirsuta; Avena hirtula; Avena hoppeana; Avena lagascae; Avena lusitanica; Avena madritensis; Avena malzevii; Avena matritensis; Avena maxima; Avena nuda wiestii; Avena sallentiana; Avena sativa var. barbata; Avena segetalis (homotypic); Avena serrulatiglumis; Avena sterilis atheranthera; Avena sterilis f. segetalis; Avena sterilis var. barbata; Avena sterilis var. segetalis; Avena strigosa barbata; Avena strigosa hirtula; Avena strigosa lusitanica; Avena strigosa var. subtypica; Avena strigosa wiestii; Avena villosa (heterotypic); Avena wiestii Avena barbata is a species of wild oat known by the common name slender wild oat. It has edible seeds. It is a diploidized autotetraploid grass (2n=4x=28). Its diploid ancestors are A. hirtula Lag. and A. wiestii Steud (2n=2x=14), which are considered Mediterranean and desert ecotypes, respectively, comprising a single species. A wiestii and A. hirtula are widespread in the Mediterranean Basin, growing in mixed stands with A. barbata, though they are difficult to tell apart. |
| Edible [1] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | | Flower Type [1] | Hermaphrodite | | Lifespan [1] | Annual | | Pollinators [1] | Wind | | Structure [2] | Grass | | Usage [1] | The straw has a wide range of uses such as for bio-mass, fibre, mulch, paper-making and thatching; Some caution is advised in its use as a mulch since oat straw can infest strawberries with stem and bulb eelworm. |
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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