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Avena
fatua Poaceae |
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Avena
fatua Poaceae |
Description:
Plants 3-8 dm tall. Leaf blades 2.5-7 mm wide. Glumes 18-25 mm long;
florets usually 3-4; lemmas 15-20 mm long, pubescent below middle, trichomes
reddish brown, glabrous above, awns bent, 22-40 mm long, apical teeth acute,
0.5-1 mm long. Flowers Apr-Jun.
Distribution:
All California Channel islands; Los Coronados, Todos Santos, San
Martin, Guadalupe, and Cedros islands; throughout western North America; native
of Europe.
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Santa Cruz Island |
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1995(1) Common; disturbed sites, rocky slopes, ravines; coastal scrub, grasslands; 10-2470 ft (3-755 m). Scattered locations throughout island. Reported by Greene (1887). |
(1) Provided by "A Flora of Santa Cruz Island" Steve Junak et al. Copyright Santa Barbara Botanic Garden & California Native Plant Society 1995.
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Plant descriptions from "A Flora of Santa Cruz Island" Steve Junak et al. Copyright Santa Barbara Botanic Garden & California Native Plant Society 1995. Used with permission. Do not use or reproduce without permission. Web design by Ken Owen
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