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Avena byzantina K.Koch

Avoine cultivée (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Avena

Characteristics

Loosely tufted annual 500-1600 mm high. Leaf blade 150-500 x 3-9 mm. Spikelet 25-35 mm long; rachilla breaking at base of internode and falling with upper floret; glumes subequal; lemma glabrous or sometimes sparsely hairy at the base; lobes 0.5-1.5 mm long, awnless, 1-nerved; central awn straight or weakly geniculate, without a distinct column; palea 3/4 as long as lemma; callus present on all lemmas; anther 2.5-3.5 mm long.
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Annual to 1 m. Leaves linear-lanceolate. Spikelets drooping, in an open panicle, 17-35 mm long, lemmas glabrous or sparsely hairy, awned.
An annual grass. It grows 60-150 cm tall. The leaves are 10-30 cm long by 2-8 mm wide. Like oats but the spikelets have 3 florets.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
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Mature height (meter) 0.6 - 1.5
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Rooting depth (meter) 1.5
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Environment

Dry wasteland, cultivated ground and meadows, especially on heavier soils. Mainly found on dry or saline soils.
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It is a Mediterranean climate plant. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 1,000 m above sea level.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

Uses fiber fodder gene source medicinal
Edible seeds
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Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Optimum temperature (C°) 18 - 24
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Distribution

Avena byzantina world distribution map, present in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Cyprus, Algeria, Spain, Greece, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Morocco, Mauritius, Norfolk Island, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uruguay, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:391362-1
WFO ID wfo-0000851748
COL ID 67Z6L
BDTFX ID 8587
INPN ID 85215
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Synonyms

Avena byzantina Avena sterilis f. hypomelanthera Avena byzantina var. biaristata Avena sativa subsp. byzantina Avena sativa var. biaristata Avena sterilis subsp. byzantina Avena sterilis var. biaristata Avena sterilis var. hypomelanthera Avena byzantina var. hipomelanathera Avena byzantina var. byzantina

Lower taxons

Avena byzantina var. pseudovilis
WorldFloraDB 2024