wild oat

Avena fatua

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

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• glumes 18–32 mm, 9–11-veined
• 2–3 florets
• callus bearded
• lemma soft-hairy in lower ⅓
• lemma tip ragged or 2-forked with teeth ≤ 1.5 mm
• awn of lowest floret 25–40 mm, bent, twisted below bend

Toxicity of wild oats (Arena fatua):
3 – Ingestion of these plants is expected to cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms that may cause illness but is not life-threatening.

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Chris’s observations: 1 (none are research grade)

Locations:

• Henry Coe SP

Months:

• Jun.: 1

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

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora