Avena barbata
Common name
slender oat
Family
Poaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Grasses
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
AVEBAR
Conservation status
Not applicable
Year naturalised
1974
Origin
Mediterranean
Etymology
avena: Ancient Latin name for oats.
barbata: From the Latin ‘barbus’, meaning bearded or provided with tufts of long weak hairs