Poaceae
Perennial teosinte
Zea perennis
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Zea
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Common names
By language (3)
- Czech
- Teosinta vytrvalá
- English
- Perennial teosinte
- Spanish
- Teocintle, Teosintle
Synonyms
- Euchlaena perennis Hitchc.
- Zea perennis subsp. perennis
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. JerryFriedman assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Teresa Romero Cortes, Victor Hugo Pérez España, Martin Peralta Gil, José Esteban, CC BY 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.