Avena strigosa
Schreb. Bristle OatCulms erect, to 150 cm high. Leaves glabrous; blade finely scabrous, to 40 cm long and 12 mm wide; ligule membranous, to 5 mm long. Inflorescence a slender, contracted panicle to 30 cm long. Spikelets 2–3-flowered; glumes lanceolate, 14–22 mm long, 7–9-nerved; lemma narrow-lanceolate, 16–26 mm long (including the 5–10 mm long, unevenly bifid apical awns), glabrous or with a few silky hairs about the point of insertion of the awn or near the callus; awn 20–35 mm long, inserted about halfway up main part of lemma; palea reaching to within 2–5 mm of setiform part of lemma. Florets falling as a unit or remaining within glumes at maturity. Flowers Dec.–Jan.
Also naturalised in WA, Tas. Native to southern Europe. Tolerant of cooler, wetter climates than other species of Avena, cultivated in Europe, British Isles, South America and New Zealand and occurring as an occasional weed in these places.
Walsh, N.G. (1994). Poaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 356–627. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
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