Poaceae
Cut-grass
Leersia oryzoides
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Leersia
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Common names
By language (18)
- Arabic
- حشيشة البركة
- Belarusian
- Леерсія рысападобная
- Bulgarian
- Оризов троскот
- Chinese
- 蓉草, 粃壳草
- Czech
- Tajnička rýžovitá
- Dutch
- Rijstgras
- English
- Cut-grass, Rice cutgrass, Rice cut grass
- Estonian
- Jõgi-metsriis
- Finnish
- Hukkariisi, Jokihukkariisi
- French
- Faux-riz, Leersie Faux Riz, Léersie faux-riz
- German
- Kleistogamer Queckenreis, Wilder Reis
- hsb
- Wšědna tajawka, Dźiwi rajs
- Korean
- 겨풀
- Latvian
- Parastais parīss
- Lithuanian
- Ryžinė ravenė
- Persian
- برنجی چمن
- Polish
- Zamokrzyca ryżowa
- Welsh
- Reis y gwter
Synonyms
- Asperella oryzoides (L.) Lam.
- Asprella flexuosa Dulac
- Asprella oryzoides (L.) Schreb.
- Ehrharta clandestina Weber
- Ehrhartia clandestina Weber
- Homalocenchrus oryzoides (L.) Mieg ex Pollich
- Homalocenchrus oryzoides (L.) Haller
- Leersia asperrima Willd. ex Trin.
- Leersia oryzoides f. clandestina (Weber) Eames
- Leersia oryzoides f. glabra A.A.Eaton
- Leersia oryzoides f. inclusa (Weisbord ex Baen.) Dörfl.
- Leersia oryzoides f. maculosa (Waisb.) Soó
- Leersia oryzoides f. oryzoides
- Leersia oryzoides f. picta (Waisb.) Soó
- Leersia oryzoides var. oryzoides
- Leersia oryzoides var. patens (Wiesb. ex Baen.) Rouy
- Leersia oryzoides var. purpurascens N.H.F.Desp.
- Oriza oryzoides Dalla Torre & Sarnth.
- Oryza clandestina (Weber) A.Braun ex Asch.
- Oryza clandestina f. clandestina
- Oryza clandestina f. inclusa Wiesb.
- Oryza clandestina f. maculosa Waisb.
- Oryza clandestina f. patens Weisbord ex Baen.
- Oryza clandestina f. picta Waisb.
- Oryza oryzoides (L.) Dalla Torre & Sarnth.
- Oryza oryzoides (L.) Brand
- Phalaris oryzoides L.
- Poa hoffmanniana Opiz
- Poa paludosa Honck.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to September (from 62 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Kenneth Burdick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Hilary Rose Dawson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: CorentinD, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: kent ozment, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cecelia Alexander, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Camille Boucher, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dan MacNeal, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cleveland Powell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.