short oat

Avena brevis belongs to the genus Avena and the Poaceae family, commonly known as the grass family. It is distributed across several regions including Belgium, the Flemish and Walloon Regions, France, the Netherlands, Great Britain, Portugal, Austria, Madeira, the Azores, the Canary Islands, Central European Russia, Czechoslovakia, Germany, and Hungary. The species was first published in 1787. It is commonly referred to as short oat in English and other languages.