Flora of Victoria

Culms erect, to 150 cm high. Leaves glabrous; blade finely scabrous, to 45 cm long and 15 mm wide; ligule membranous, to 6 mm long. Inflorescence a spreading, open panicle to 40 cm long and 20 cm wide. Spikelets 2–3-flowered, drooping; glumes lanceolate, 18–25 mm long, 7–9-nerved; lemma lanceolate, 14–22 mm long (including the 2–4 apical teeth to 1 mm long), silky-hairy in lower half, rarely almost glabrous; awn 25–40 mm long, inserted about halfway up lemma; palea slightly shorter than lemma. Florets falling separately from each other at maturity. Flowers Sep.–Dec

*Brid, *CVU, *DunT, *EGU, *GipP, *Glep, *Gold, *GGr, *HFE, *HNF, *HSF, *LoM, *MuF, *MuM, *NIS, *OtP, *OtR, *RobP, *Strz, *VAlp, *VRiv, *VVP, *WaP, *Wim. Naturalised in all States. Native to southern Europe, but naturalised throughout much of the world. A common weed of cereal crops, roadsides and areas where hay is stored or has been spread, but relatively uncommon in the east, north-east and south-west.

Source: Walsh, N.G. (1994). Poaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J. (eds), Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Updated by: Daniel Ohlsen, 2017-06-29

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Lilianae

order Poales

family Poaceae

genus Avena

Higher taxa

species Avena fatua L.

Victoria

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Lowan Mallee	present	naturalised
Murray Mallee	present	naturalised
Wimmera	present	naturalised
Glenelg Plain	present	naturalised
Bridgewater	present	naturalised
Victorian Volcanic Plain	present	naturalised
Victorian Riverina	present	naturalised
Robinvale Plains	present	naturalised
Murray Fans	present	naturalised
Gippsland Plain	present	naturalised
Otway Plain	present	naturalised
Warrnambool Plain	present	naturalised
Goldfields	present	naturalised
Central Victorian Uplands	present	naturalised
Greater Grampians	present	naturalised
Dundas Tablelands	present	naturalised
Northern Inland Slopes	present	naturalised
East Gippsland Uplands	present	naturalised
Highlands-Southern Fall	present	naturalised
Highlands-Northern Fall	present	naturalised
Otway Ranges	present	naturalised
Strzelecki Ranges	present	naturalised
Highlands-Far East	present	naturalised
Victorian Alps	present	naturalised

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
Western Australia
Northern Territory
South Australia
Queensland
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Victoria
Tasmania

Avena fatua L.

Wild Oat

Victoria

State distribution