Published in Bean WJ (1909) The Canadian Wild Rice. (Zizania aquatica, Linn.). Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens, Kew) 1909(9): 381. doi: 10.2307/4113325.
The native range of this species is Assam to SE. Siberia and Temp. E. Asia. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.