Slender wildoat,
Hebrew: שיבולת-שועל מתפרקת, Arabic: سنيسله
| Scientific name: | Avena barbata Pott ex Link | |
| Scientific name: | Avena hirsuta Moench | |
| Common name: | Slender oat, Wild oat | |
| Hebrew name: | שיבולת-שועל מתפרקת | |
| Arabic name: | سنيسله | |
| Family: | Graminea (Poaceae), Grass Family, משפחת הדגניים |
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| Life form: | Annual | |
| Stems: | 60–80 cm, becoming erect | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, entire, glabrous to minutely scabrous, smooth margin | |
| Inflorescence: | Panicle with a roughly pyramidal shape with equilateral branches spreading outward; Spikelets pendulous, 21-30 mm, with 2-3 florets | |
| Flowers: | Glumes subequal, 15-30 mm, 7-9-veined; calluses bearded, hairs 2-3 mm; fertile lemma lanceolate; coriaceous; without keel; Lemma surface scabrous, rough above, pilose, hairy below; lemma apex dentate; palea keels ciliolate; lodicules narrowly triangular, without lobes on the wings; 3 anthers; ovary pubescent | |
| Fruits / pods: | Caryopsis with adherent pericarp; cylindric, longitudinally grooved, pubescent | |
| Flowering Period: | March, April | |
| Habitat: | Batha, Phrygana | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon | |
| Chorotype: | Mediterranean | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
Derivation of the botanical name: Avena, Latin for oats. barbata, bearded, with lomg weak hairs. hirsuta, hairy. The Hebrew word: שיבולת-שועל, shibolet-shual, oats, from Aramaic: שבלתא, shibalta. Oats are mentioned in the Mishnah Kil'ayim, משנה כלאים א׳:א׳.
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