Poaceae
Slender oat
Avena barbata
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Avena
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Common names
By language (12)
- Afrikaans
- Wilde baardhawer
- Arabic
- شوفان بري
- Bulgarian
- Брадат овес
- Chinese
- 細莖野燕麥, 细茎野燕麦, 裂稃燕麦
- Corsican
- Lacciaghjola
- Czech
- Oves vousatý
- English
- Slender oat, Bearded wild oats, Slender wild oat, Slender wild oats
- German
- Bart-Hafer
- Persian
- یولاف ریشدار
- Quechua
- Usa qachu
- Slovenian
- Brkati oves
- Welsh
- Ceirchen goliog
Synonyms
- Avena alba f. fallax (Maire & Weiller) Maire & Weiller
- Avena alba f. triflora (Malzev) Maire & Weiller
- Avena alba subvar. aristulata (Malzev) Maire & Weiller
- Avena alba subvar. glabrifolia (Malzev) Maire & Weiller
- Avena alba subvar. minor (Lange) Maire & Weiller
- Avena alba var. barbata (Pott ex Link) Maire & Weiller
- Avena alba var. hirtula (Lag.) Emb. & Maire
- Avena alba var. wiestii (Steud.) Maire & Weiller
- Avena almeriensis Gand.
- Avena atheranthera C.Presl
- Avena barbata f. colorata Hausskn.
- Avena barbata subsp. atherantha (C.Presl) Rocha Afonso
- Avena barbata subsp. atheranthera (J.Presl) Roche Afonso
- Avena barbata subsp. barbata
- Avena barbata subsp. castellana Romero Zarco
- Avena barbata subsp. hirtula (Lag.) Tzvelev
- Avena barbata subsp. hirtula (Lag.) E.Morren
- Avena barbata subsp. hoppeana (Scheele) K.Richt.
- Avena barbata subsp. lusitanica (Tab.Morais) Romero Zarco
- Avena barbata subsp. subtypica (Malzev) Tzvelev
- Avena barbata subsp. wiestii (Steud.) Mansf.
- Avena barbata subsp. wiestii (Steud.) Tzvelev
- Avena barbata subvar. hirsuta (Moench) Tab.Morais
- Avena barbata subvar. lusitanica Tab.Morais
- Avena barbata var. caspica Hausskn.
- Avena barbata var. frutescens Trab.
- Avena barbata var. hirtula (Lag.) Pérez Lara
- Avena barbata var. media Rouy
- Avena barbata var. minor Lange
- Avena barbata var. solida Hausskn.
- Avena barbata var. subtypica (Malzev) Tzvelev
- Avena barbata var. subtypica (Malz.) Tzvelev
- Avena barbata var. triflora Willk.
- Avena barbata var. wiestii (Steud.) Hausskn.
- Avena bolivaris Sennen
- Avena cypria Sibth.
- Avena damascena Rajhathy & B.R.Baum
- Avena deusta Ball
- Avena fatua subsp. barbata (Pott ex Link) Rouy
- Avena hirsuta Moench
and 30 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Poisonlover Butterkiller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Luis Ferreira, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vazquez Bruno, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pierre, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nathan Theunynck, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cesoti, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.