Poaceae
Brownbeard rice
Oryza rufipogon
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Oryza
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- أرز اللحية البنية, أرز بري, الأرز الأحمر
- Chinese
- 普通野生稻, 野生稻, 稻草, 糯稻, 糯稻根, 糯米, 鬼仔稻, 尼伐拉稻
- English
- Brownbeard rice, Red rice, Wild rice
- French
- Riz rouge sauvage
- Indonesian
- Padi beras merah
- Japanese
- オリザ・ルフィポゴン
- nan
- Kui-á-tiū
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈၶဝ်ႈဢူဝ်ႇရီႇၸႃႇ
- Thai
- หญ้าข้าวผี
Synonyms
- Oryza aquatica Roshev.
- Oryza cubensis Ekman ex K.Gotoh & Okura
- Oryza fatua J.Koenig ex Trin.
- Oryza fatua var. longe-aristata Ridl.
- Oryza glumaepatula Steud.
- Oryza glumipatula Steud.
- Oryza jeyporensis Govindasw. & K.H.Krishnam.
- Oryza meridionalis N.Q.Ng
- Oryza nivara S.D.Sharma & Shastry
- Oryza paraguayensis Franch.
- Oryza paraguayensis Wedd. ex E.Fourn.
- Oryza perennis var. cubensis Sampath
- Oryza perennis var. glumipatula (Steud.) C.Chev.
- Oryza perennis var. paragayensis A.Chev.
- Oryza sativa subsp. fatua (Prain) De Wet
- Oryza sativa subsp. rufipogon (Griff.) De Wet
- Oryza sativa var. abuensis G.Watt
- Oryza sativa var. bengalensis G.Watt
- Oryza sativa var. coarctata G.Watt
- Oryza sativa var. fatua Prain
- Oryza sativa var. paraguayensis Körn.
- Oryza sativa var. rufipogon (Griff.) Watt
- Oryza sativa var. sundensis Körn.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Btcpg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Btcpg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, 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.