common oat

Avena sativa

Member of oats (genus Avena)
grasses (family Poaceae)
grasses, sedges, cattails, and allies (order Poales)
monocots (class Liliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)

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• glumes 15–50 mm, 7–9-veined
• 1–2 florets
• callus glabrous
• lemma glabrous or nearly so
• lemma tip acute to minutely 2-forked
• awn of upper floret 15–30 mm (or none), straight, slightly twisted
• awn of lower floret < 15 mm (or none)

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Chris’s observations: none

Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora