G23 



WILD OAT 



Ave'na fa'tua 



Flower heads (panicles) large, 

 open, up to 12 in. long, with 

 slender, unequal, horizontally 

 spreading to ascending branches 



Individual flower groups (spike- 

 leta) 2- to 4-flowered, nearly 

 1-in. long. 



Leaves flat, rather broad, 

 harsh, up to 12 in. long 



Stalks (culms) in small tufts, 

 stout, smooth, erect, up to 4 ft. 

 high 



Outer flower bract (lemma) 

 with long, appressed, brownish 

 hairs, 2-toothed at tip, bear- 

 ing from near the middle of the 

 back a bent, twisted, red- 

 brown beard (awn) about l#in. 

 long . 





Lowest (2) spikelet bracts 

 (glumes) taper-pointed, prom- 

 inently 9-nerved, as long as the 

 spikelet, remaining on the stalks 

 after the "seeds" fall 



Roots fibrous, annual 



