Avena sterilis L., 1762 18% complete

Sterile oat

Sp. Pl. ed. 2.: 118 (1762)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Avena sterilis, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced6 Source not recorded8 Not on the record13 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Sp. Pl. ed. 2.: 118 (1762) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
Source not recorded
Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1762 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Sterile oat No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Canary Is., Medit. to W. Himalaya and Kenya No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 86 cm
  • 86 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 14 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 86, 116, 174, 175, 178, 216, 289, 474, 500, 863, 882
Sourced
Biological type therophyte
  • therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 174, 175, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color empty Not on the record
Fruit shape caryopsis Sourced
Maximum height empty No source recorded
1 earlier or rejected value
  • Rejected 72.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 45, 86, 116, 174, 175, 178, 216, 289, 474, 500, 863, 882 below the average height (86 cm) of the same record
Not on the record
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Phenology
Bloom months mar, jun
1 earlier or rejected value
Sourced
Duration annual
  • annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 12 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 86, 175, 178, 289, 882, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity empty
  • 5 / 12 · fresh, never flooded (mesohydric) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light empty
  • 7 / 9 · half-light to light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Soil nutriments empty Not on the record
Soil salinity empty
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Cultivation
Minimum root depth empty Not on the record
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record
Other
Halophyte status — Not on the record
Propagation method — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record