Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Poales Small
Family
Gramineae Juss.
Genus
Avena L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Avena sterilis subsp. ludoviciana (Durieu) M.Gillet & Magne (1873)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Avena ludoviciana Durieu (1855)
  • = Avena persica Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 230 (1854)
 Description

Spikelets 3.5–6 cm, 2–3-flowered, spreading. Lemma 18–20 mm, light brown or greyish, with ± dense light brown or whitish hairs below awn insertion; awn ± slender, 25–50 mm. Anthers 2–5 mm.

[From: Edgar and Connor (2000) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 5 (second printing).]

 Biostatus
Exotic
 Bibliography
Steudel, E.G. von 1854: Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum. Vol. 1. Stuttgart.