Citation: L., Sp. Pl. edn 2:118 (1762) subsp. ludoviciana (Durieu) Nyman, Consp. 810 (1882).

Synonymy: A. ludoviciana Durieu, Bull. Soc. Linn. Bord. 20, 1:41 0855).

Common name: Wild oat.

Description:
Annual, to 1.5 m high, with flat glabrous or scabrid leaves and a loose pyramidal panicle 15-45 cm long.

Spikelets 25-30 mm long, very open, drooping from long filiform pedicels, with 2 or 3 florets, the 2 lower ones awned; rhachilla not articulated between the florets; lemmas ovate, the first two-thirds clothed with long silky hairs.

Distribution:    All States except the N.T.   Native to Europe. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Sept. — May.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: Widely cultivated and occasionally naturalised.

Author: Not yet available