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Zizaniopsis miliacea
Also called Southern Wild Rice, Water millet
Zizaniopsis miliacea is a species of flowering plant in the grass family, Poaceae. It is known by the common names giant cutgrass, water millet, and southern wildrice. The name giant cutgrass refers to the plant's large, rough-edged leaves, and the name southern wildrice refers to its resemblance to wildrice (Zizania spp.). It is native to the southeastern United States and it can also be found in central Mexico.
This perennial grass grows from rhizomes, producing stems up to 4 meters (13 ft) tall and 3.5 centimeters (1.4 in) wide. The stems root at nodes that come in contact with the substrate. It also spreads via functional stolons (decumbent rooting stems) and vegetative buds that erupt from the stems. The blue-green leaves are up to 1 meter (3 ft 3 in) long and 3 centimeters (1.2 in) wide.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Zizaniopsis miliacea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
