Poaceae
Wild rice
Zizania palustris
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Zizania
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 沼生菰
- Czech
- Ovsucha bahenní
- English
- Wild rice, Northern wild rice, Northern wildrice
- French
- Riz sauvage
- Korean
- 노던줄
- mul
- Z. palustris
Synonyms
- Melinum palustre (L.) Link
- Zizania aquatica subsp. angustifolia (Hitchc.) Tzvelev
- Zizania aquatica var. angustifolia Hitchc.
- Zizania palustris f. palustris
- Zizania palustris f. purpurea Dore
- Zizania palustris subsp. palustris
- Zizania palustris var. palustris
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, 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.