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navigation, search "Indian rice" redirects here. The wildflower
Fritillaria camschatcensis is sometimes also called "Indian
rice" or "wild Rice". Wild rice Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Subfamily:
Ehrhartoideae[1] Tribe: Oryzeae[1] Genus: Zizania  Wild rice
(also called Canada rice, Indian rice, and water oats) are four
species of grasses forming the genus Zizania, and the grain
which can be harvested from them. The grain was historically
gathered and eaten in both North America and China. While it is
now a delicacy in North America, the grain is eaten less in
China,[2]:165 where the plant's stem is used as a vegetable.
Wild rice is not directly related to Asian rice (Oryza sativa),
whose wild progenitors are O. rufipogon and O. nivara, although
they are close cousins, sharing the tribe Oryzeae. Wild rice
grains have a chewy outer sheath wit