Poaceae FAMILY

Avena sterilis

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Avena sterilis is an annual grass producing a cluster of decumbent to ascending culms 30 - 180cm long[ 1093 Title Invasive Species Compendium Publication Author Website http://www.cabi.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An immense resource - in depth information on over 900 species of invasive plants (it also has information on animals, fungi etc). ]. The plant is related to the cultivated oats and, like that species, produces an edible seed. It is sometimes harvested from the wild or along with other cereal crops when growing wild with them. Occasionally it is cultivated, though yields are lower than for the commonly cultivated oats. This is a highly invasive, noxious weed of arable land, especially fields of cereals, native to the Mediterranean region and SW Asia, but now widespread in warm-temperate regions of the world[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 1093 Title Invasive Species Compendium Publication Author Website http://www.cabi.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An immense resource - in depth information on over 900 species of invasive plants (it also has information on animals, fungi etc). ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeMacaronesia; Mediterranean, E. Europe; W. Asia - Turkey, Caucasus, central Asia, Afghanistan, Himalayas; Africa - Morocco to Egypt, NE Africa, Arabia

HabitatDry wasteland, cultivated ground and meadows, especially on heavier soils[ 50 Title Flora Europaea Publication Author ? Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1964 ISBN - Description An immense work in 6 volumes (including the index). The standard reference flora for Europe, it is very terse though and with very little extra information. Not for the casual reader. , 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ].