Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (-) Avena fatua subsp. fatua L.
• (-) Avena fatua var. fatua L.
• (=) Avena fatua var. glabrata Peterm.
• (=) Avena fatua var. glabrescens Coss.
• (=) Avena fatua var. intermedia (T. Lestib.) Lej. & Courtois
• (=) Avena fatua var. leiocarpa Malzev
• (=) Avena fatua var. oligotricha Malzev
• (=) Avena fatua var. pilosissima (Gray) Malzev
• (=) Avena fatua var. pilosissima Gray
• (=) Avena fatua var. pseudoculta Malzev
• (=) Avena fatua var. sparsepilosa Malzev
• (=) Avena fatua var. trichocarpa Malzev
• (=) Avena fatua var. vilis (Wallr.) Hausskn.

Common names:

• spring wild oat  (Source: Weed CIBA) - English
• wild oat  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• dinbaan  (Source: Weeds Saudi Arabia) - Arabic
• zommeir  (Source: F Egypt) - Arabic
• wild oats   (Source: ICAW) - English (Canada)
• avoine folle  (Source: L Noms French ed6) - French
• folle avoine  (Source: L Noms French ed6) - French
• folle avoine  (Source: ICAW) - French (Canada)
• Flughafer  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• Windhafer  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• cha-hiki  (Source: F JapanOhwi) - Japanese Rōmaji
• karasu-mugi  (Source: F JapanOhwi) - Japanese Rōmaji
• aveia-brava  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
• aveia-fátua  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
• aveia-selvagem  (Source: pers. comm.) - Portuguese (Brazil)
• avena loca  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• avena silvestre  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• flyghavre  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: fodder; forage
• Medicines:
• Vertebrate poisons:
• Weed: potential seed contaminant; potential seed contaminant; potential seed contaminant

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
• NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia

Asia-Temperate

• ARABIAN PENINSULA: Saudi Arabia
• WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Turkey
• CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation, [Dagestan] Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]
• MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
• CHINA: China
• EASTERN ASIA: Japan, Korea

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Nepal, Pakistan

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland
• EASTERN EUROPE: Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russian Federation, [Astrakhan, Kalmykia, Saratov, Volgograd] Russian Federation-European part, [European part (c. & s.)] Ukraine (incl. Krym)
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Bulgaria, Croatia, Italy, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France, Portugal, Spain


Naturalized (natzd. throughout temperate regions)

Other (exact native range obscure)

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