Animated Oat / خافور / شوفان عَقيم /

Great Wild Oat / Sterile Oat / Wild Red Oat / Winter Wild Oat / خفور / سُنَيسِلَة / شعير بري /

Avena sterilis L.

Edibility and usage

Edibility
Edible
Edible part
  • Seeds
Preparation
  • Cooked
  • Dessert
  • Flour
  • Raw
  • Salads
Blooming period
March to May
Foraging period
April to May
Seed collection period
May to July

Description

Perenniality
Annual
Petal colour
  • Green
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Annual

Scientifc data

Genus
Avena L.
Family
Poaceae
Wikidata item
Q1668559
GBIF Item
Avena sterilis L. (2705286)
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least concern

References

  1. Plants For A Future. Avena sterilis L. (2022, July 27).
  2. Machaka Houri, N., Houri, A.(2014). Wild Flowers of Lebanon with Special Focus on Key Biodiversity Areas.Beirut:Chemaly & Chemaly.(English and Arabic)
  3. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
  4. Houri, A., Machaka Houri, N. (2001). photographic guide to wild flowers of Lebanon. Beirut: Chemaly & Chemaly.(English and Arabic)
  5. Avena sterilis L. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-07-27.
  6. Rhodes, L., Bradley, I., Zair, W. & Maxted, N. 2016. Avena sterilis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T172204A19395364. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T172204A19395364.en. Accessed on 27 July 2022.
  7. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  8. Hadas, Rivka, and Alexandra Sirota. “An Overview of the Goals and Functions of the Israeli Gene Bank for Agricultural Crops.” Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 54, no. 3 (January 1, 2006): 149–56.
  9. عراف، شكري. الأرض، الأنسان، والجهد. الجليل: جليل للتجليد، 1993.

Citation

Avena sterilis L. in Barari platform (2024). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/820 accessed via barari.org on 4/18/2024.

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