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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   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Zizania aquatica var. aquatica, Southern Wild-rice, Indian Rice

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmzizania_aquatica

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

 

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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

 

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