Hello Diana'
I have found Avena sterilis in a book (Michael Wright's 'The Complete
Handbook of Garden Plants'). There is no picture, but it is desribed thus:
"Animated Oat, size 60-90 x 30 cm; spikelets and seed-heads in open 30cm
panicles, awns to 6cm long (twist and flex with changes of moisture in
air)." It is an annual grass ("Treat as hardy annuals...").
A perennial Avena is mentioned elsewhere in the same book, under the synonym
Helictotrichon (Avena) sempervirens. Perhaps this synonym will be more
helpful in your research.
There is nothing in either entry (in my book) which suggests aggressive
invasiveness. Try planting it with your fingers crossed! {:-))
Spider
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I'm madly sowing seeds as usual at this time of the year and trying to
use some I had left over from the HPS orders. I was unable to find
mention of this plant in any of my books but on the Internet I came
across a description and found that it is described as a Class A
noxious weed in some American states. If this is the case why on earth
would anyone go to the trouble of collecting the seeds and sending
them to the HPS to be laboriously packed a few at a time in little
packets? I was hoping I would find that it is an interesting grass
type plant. Is anyone familiar with it? Diana