Maize
Zea mays
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At a glance
- Scientific name
- Zea mays
- Group
- Monocotyledon
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Continent
- North America
- Habitat
- Fields
- Form
- Grass
- Leaves
- Shed in winter
- Flower colour
- Inconspicuous
- Blooms in
- Summer
- Use
- Food, Oil
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Easy
Did you know?
- It was domesticated from a wild grass called teosinte in southern Mexico about 9,000 years ago.
- Each kernel on a cob grows from one silk thread that caught a grain of pollen.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q11575 · All plants · All entries