Poaceae
Annual wild rice
Zizania aquatica
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Zizania
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Common names
By language (13)
- Belarusian
- Вадзяны рыс
- Chinese
- 水生菰
- cv
- Шыври цицани
- Czech
- Ovsucha vodní
- Dutch
- Indianenrijst
- English
- Annual wild rice, Annual wildrice, Southern wild rice, Water oats, Indian wild rice
- Estonian
- Tuskaroora vesiriis
- Finnish
- Intiaaniriisi
- Japanese
- 古代米
- Korean
- 서던줄
- Russian
- Цицания водная
- Swedish
- Indianris
- Turkish
- Yabani pirinç
Synonyms
- Ceratochaete aquatica (L.) Lunell
- Zizania aquatica subsp. aquatica
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Екатерина, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Schurdl, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Schurdl, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: R. A. Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Schurdl, 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.