Avena brevis
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Avena fatua Linn. DRAKE. FLAVER. POTATO OAT. TARTAREAN OAT. WILD OAT. Europe, the Orient and Asia. This is the common wild oat of California. It may have been introduced by the Spaniards but it is now spread over the whole country many miles from the coast. The grain is gathered by the Indians of California and is used as a bread corn. In 1852, Professor Buckman [1] sowed a plat of ground with seeds collected in 1851 and in 1856 had for the produce poor, but true, samples of what are known as the potato and Tartarean oat. In 1860, the produce was good white Tartarean and potato oats.
- ↑ Buckman, J. Treas. Bot. 1: 11. 1870.