Echinochloa colona Calflora

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Echinochloa colona (L.) Link

Jungle rice

2018 Ron Vanderhoff

2015 Keir Morse

2018 Ron Vanderhoff

Echinochloa colona is an annual grasslike herb that is not native to California.


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Genus:	Echinochloa
Family:	Poaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Monocot
Jepson eFlora section: monocot

Wetlands: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands

Habitat: disturbed

Communities: wetland-riparian, weed, characteristic of disturbed places

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


JEF	Echinochloa colonum
PLANTS	Panicum colonum

Information about Echinochloa colona from other sources


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (ECCO2) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2023. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 12/09/2023).