Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Zizania aquatica L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Zizania clavulosa Eat.

Common names:

Annual wild rice [Annual wildrice] (1942-Present) (50, 155)

Canadian rice [Canada rice] (1882-1929) (5, 14, 157, 158)

Folle avoine (French) (1770-1903) (41, 66)

Indian rice (1820-1929) (2, 43, 46, 66, 67, 87, 88, 92, 107, 111, 129, 131, 157, 158)

Katniss (1879) (46)

Man-om-in (1871, Chippewa) (103)

Monomonie (1810-1919, may refer to any grain) (23, 11, 19, 37, 41, 43)

Nattourne (1879) (46)

Northern wild rice [Northern wildrice] (1923) (138)

Pshu (1871, Sioux) (103)

Psin (1830-1919, Dakota) (5, 37)

Reed [Reeds] (1901-1929) (94, 157, 158)

Sin (Winnebago) (1830) (37)

Sinwaninda (Omaha-Ponca) (1830) (37)

Tuscarora rice (1890) (67)

Water oats (1844-1929) (2, 66, 87, 92, 131, 157, 158)

Water rice (1900-1929) (5, 5, 157, 158)

Water tare grass [Water taregrass] (1770) (41)

Wild oats (1821, GA, Elliott) (107)

Wild rice (1810-1932) (5, 23, 45, 56, 66, 85, 87, 88, 94, 103, 107, 131, 157, 158)