Avena sativa Calflora

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Taxon Report

Avena sativa L.

Common oats, Cultivated oats, Wild oat

2016 Cynthia Powell

2021 John Rawlings

2006 Louis-M. Landry

2019 Chris McDonald

2002 Brent Miller

2006 Luigi Rignanese

Avena sativa is an annual or perennial grasslike herb that is not native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search (301 records) Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Avena
Family:	Poaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Monocot
Jepson eFlora section: monocot

Wetlands: Occurs in non wetlands

Communities: escaped cultivar

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Avena byzantina
JEF + PLANTS	Avena fatua var. sativa
PLANTS	Avena sativa var. orientalis

Information about Avena sativa from other sources


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (AVSA) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2023. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 06/05/2023).