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  • COMMON NAME: Animated Oats
  • ARABIC: شوفان
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Avena sterilis L.
  • SYNONYMS: Avena macrocarpa Moench
  • FAMILY: POACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Gulley Slope (Rocky) Slope (Stony)
  • TYPES: Annual
  • REMARKS: Uncommon in the UAE (Al-Ain).
Flora of the United Arab Emirates V1 & 2, Fawzi M.Karim, Nael M.Fawzi; reviewed by Fatima Al-Ansary. Al-Ain: United Arab Emirates University, 2007. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:391787-1#image-gallery

Annual, coarse grass, up to 1 meter high, similar to the Avena sativa L, but with spikelet, 30-50 mm long and florets not disarticulating or only the lowermost disarticulating above the glumes. 

Flowering from March to May.
Mountains, hillsides and plantations.
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