Status: Exotic
Synonyms:
None
Avena fatua is an annual with spikelets that have mostly 2 florets. It has
awns that are bent at nearly a right angle and hair on the lemmas. The glumes are very evident and papery.
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Avena fatua, photo Russ Kleinman & Bill Norris, Silver City, Oct. 28, 2007
Avena fatua, photo Russ Kleinman & Bill Norris, Silver City, Oct. 28, 2007
Avena fatua, growth habit, photo Russ Kleinman, Silver City, Ridge Road, April 21, 2009
Avena fatua, short but acute teeth on long awned lemma and many nerved glumes, photo Russ Kleinman, Silver City, Ridge Road, April 21, 2009
Avena fatua, closeup of floret with fishmouth scar at callus, photo Russ Kleinman, Silver City, Ridge Road, April 21, 2009
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