Similar to Wild Oat, but the spikelets are 17 to 20 mm long, usually without hairs on the lemma bases; the lemmas usually unawned.  If awns present, fairly straight and usually glabrous

Avena fatua.  Other Avena may be cultivated and present as rare aliens.  This is a difficult genus; refer to Stace (4th edn.) for details.

Usually awnless; sometimes with nearly straight awns at maturity. Usually glabrous

You must attach images that show sufficient detail for the plant to be identified.

Roadside verges and field margins.

Flowers June to September.

Perennial

Widespread in Britain as a relic of cultivation.

Occasional escape from cultivation in Leicestershire and Rutland. It was not recorded in the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire.