Weed details for wild oat

Full name

wild oat (Avena fatua)

Characteristics

Flowers: No flowers
Leaves: Linear leaves with smooth edges; some hair
Habitat: Found in lawns and gardens
Life cycle: Winter Annual
Other common names: wild oats; flaxgrass; oatgrass; wheat oats
wild oat
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Taxonomic data retrieved May 21, 2008, from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System on-line database, http://www.itis.gov.