Annual wild rice (Zizania aquatica)

Annual wild rice, a reference photo — Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Annual wild rice being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Zizaniopsis miliacea
Zizania palustris
Zizania latifolia
Glyceria maxima

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Zizania
Species: Zizania aquatica

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