Oryza barthii, also called
Barth's rice,
wild rice, or
African wild rice, is a grass in the
rice genus
Oryza. It is an annual, erect to semierect grass. It has leaves with a short
ligule (<13 mm), and
panicles that are compact to open, rarely having secondary branching. The inflorescence structure are large
spikelets, 7.7-12.3 mm long and 2.3-3.5 mm wide, with strong awns (up to 20 cm long), usually red. The inflorescences have anthers 1.5–3 mm long.