Poaceae
Lopsided oat
Avena strigosa
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Avena
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Common names
By language (7)
- Belarusian
- Авёс шчаціністы
- Czech
- Oves hubený
- Dutch
- Evene
- English
- Lopsided oat, Black oats
- Estonian
- Liivkaer
- Finnish
- Ukonkaura
- German
- Sand-Hafer, Rau-Hafer, Sandhafer
Synonyms
- Avena agraria Brot.
- Avena agraria var. sesquialtera Brot.
- Avena agraria-mutica Brot.
- Avena agraria-sesquialtera Brot.
- Avena alta Cav. ex Roem. & Schult.
- Avena ambigua Schönh. ex Nyman
- Avena arduensis Lej. ex Steud.
- Avena cavanillesii Roem. & Schult.
- Avena freita Ortega ex Spreng.
- Avena fusca Ard.
- Avena glabrescens (Marquand) Herter
- Avena hispanica Roem. & Schult.
- Avena hispanica Ard.
- Avena nervosa Lam.
- Avena preissia Opiz
- Avena sativa subsp. strigosa (Schreb.) Bonnier & Layens
- Avena sativa var. hispanica (Ard.) Steud.
- Avena sativa var. strigosa (Schreb.) Bonnier & Layens
- Avena strigosa f. quadricuspis Holmb.
- Avena strigosa subsp. agraria (Brot.) Tab.Morais
- Avena strigosa subsp. glabrescens Marquand
- Avena strigosa var. abbreviata Hausskn.
- Avena strigosa var. agraria (Brot.) Samp.
- Avena strigosa var. glabrescens (Marquand) Thell.
- Avena strigosa var. glabrescens (C.Marquand) Malzev
- Avena strigosa var. hispanica (Ard.) B.Bock
- Avena strigosa var. tricholepis Holmb.
- Danthonia strigosa (Schreb.) P.Beauv.
- Danthonia strigosa var. elatior Roem. & Schult.
- Preissia strigosa (Schreb.) Opiz
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Miquel Pujol Palol, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Miquel Pujol Palol, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Miquel Pujol Palol, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Miquel Pujol Palol, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marie-Anne Libert, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gordon, T.C., Jin, Y., Tinker, N.A. et al., CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chowdhury RN, Gordon T, Babar M.A, Harrison SA, Kianian SF, Klos KE, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.