This article uncovers a variety of plants that not only mimic the appearance of corn, but also look eye-catching with their tall stalks of lush, green leaves, making them a great addition in garden and pots!
Botanical Name: Sorghum bicolor
Sorghum is a type of cereal crop, cultivated for for animal feed. Its visual similarity to corn comes from its tall growth habit, and kind of similar foliage.
Botanical Name: Arundo donax
The giant reed has a towering height and dense clumps. Superficially, it looks like corn from a distance, but notice closely and the absence of ears is prominent!
Botanical Name: Sorghum halepense
This plant looks like a young corn during its initial growth staged. Its narrower, lance-like leaves lack the distinctive ears and kernels.
Botanical Name: Saccharum officinarum
The upright growth pattern of sugar cane and segmented stalks resemble corn visually. However, it does not produce ears and kernels, typical of corn.
Botanical Name: Various genera
Certain bamboo species have a resemblance to the corn’s thick upright culms and clumping habit. You can differentiate the plant easily, though!
Botanical Name: Cortaderia selloana
With its towering plumes and clump-forming growth, pampas grass vaguely resembles corn from a distance. However, the absence of broad, flat blades distinguishes it.
Botanical Name: Zizania spp.
Wild rice produces elongated seed heads, reminiscent of corn ears. However, its smaller elongated seeds and less dense kernels makes it stand out.
Botanical Name: Various genera
Millets are a group of small-seeded grasses grown as cereal crops, or animal forage. Some millets resemble corn, but lack its characteristic ears and kernels.
Botanical Name: Zea spp.
Teosinte is the wild ancestor of modern corn,
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