Poaceae
Fragile oat
Gaudinia fragilis
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Gaudinia
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (6)
- Czech
- Lámavka křehká
- English
- Fragile oat
- Finnish
- Vihnehaprakaura
- German
- Zerbrechlicher Ährenhafer
- Swedish
- Axhavre
- Welsh
- Ceirchwellt Ffrainc
Synonyms
- Avena fragilis L.
- Cylichnium fragile (L.) Dulac
- Gaudinia affinis Gand.
- Gaudinia avenacea P.Beauv.
- Gaudinia bicolor Gand.
- Gaudinia biloba Gand.
- Gaudinia castellana Gand.
- Gaudinia colorata Gand.
- Gaudinia conferta Gand.
- Gaudinia eriantha Gand.
- Gaudinia filiformis Albert
- Gaudinia fragilis var. brevispica Albert
- Gaudinia fragilis var. filiformis (Albert) Nyman
- Gaudinia fragilis var. glabriglumis Ronniger
- Gaudinia fragilis var. linearis Albert
- Gaudinia fragilis var. nardoides Albert
- Gaudinia fragilis var. nardoides Albert
- Gaudinia fragilis var. pubescens Lojac.
- Gaudinia fragilis var. verticicola Rivas Mart. & A.Galán
- Gaudinia fragilis var. villosa Maire
- Gaudinia gracilescens Gand.
- Gaudinia multiculmis Gand.
- Gaudinia neglecta Gand.
- Gaudinia orientalis Gand.
- Gaudinia pallida Gand.
- Gaudinia pluriflora Gand.
- Gaudinia pubiglumis Gand.
- Gaudinia rigida Gand.
- Gaudinia stenostachya Gand.
- Gaudinia todaroi Gand.
- Meringurus africanus Murb.
- Trisetum hohenackeri C.Presl
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Sam Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Gaudinia
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.