Poaceae

Texas wild rice

Zizania texana Hitchc.

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Zizania

Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants

Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free

Common names

By language (3)

English: Texas wild rice, Texas wildrice, Texas wild-rice
French: Riz sauvage du Texas
Korean: 텍사스줄

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: NauticalFox, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

More in Zizania

Manchurian wildriceZizania latifoliaPoaceae
Annual wild riceZizania aquaticaPoaceae
Wild riceZizania palustrisPoaceae

Sources: classification 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.