Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Zizania aquatica var. aquatica
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Zizania from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zizania aquatica var. aquatica
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Zizania aquatica var. aquatica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)
Zizania aquatica var. aquatica
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-66-001:
Zizania aquatica FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Zizania aquatica var. aquatica
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Zizania aquatica
COMMON NAME:
Southern Wild-rice, Indian Rice
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Month Unknown
Erect upper branches with female spikelets, spreading lower branches w male, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Zizania aquatica var. aquatica
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Zizania aquatica var. aquatica
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Zizania aquatica var. aquatica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Zizania aquatica var. aquatica
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-66-001:
Zizania aquatica
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Zizania aquatica var. aquatica
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Zizania aquatica
2365
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual?
Monoecious
Habitat: Freshwater marshes, usually tidal, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon in NC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Unisexual
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain reddish/ olive
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p327
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p463
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p561
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p095
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p146
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p005
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p417
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