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Fie. 409. AVENA FATUA Linn. Sp. Pl. 80. 1753. WILD OAT.—An erect, 
een annual 6-12 dm. (2°-4°) high, with flat leaves and spreading panicles 
poles Oat-like, nodding spikelets. Sheaths smooth, or scabrous at the sum- 
sometimes sparingly hirsute; ligule 2-4 mm. (1’-2”) long. Spikelets 2- to 
UNE iM the spikelets, scabrous, twisted, and geniculate.—Fields and 
Pious from Minnesota westwerd; abundant in grain fields on the 
i (Introduced from Europe.) June to September. 
