Difference Between Wheat and Rice

1. Plant Differences

The wheat stems are erect, clumped, with 6 to 7 nodes, 60 to 100 cm high, and 5 to 7 mm in diameter. The leaf sheaths loosely wrap around the stems, the ligules are membranous, about 1 mm long, and the leaves are long lanceolate.

The stem of rice is upright, 30 to 100 cm high, and the leaves are arranged in two rows alternately and are linear-lanceolate.

2. Flower Differences

The wheat spike inflorescence is upright, about 5 to 10 cm long and 1 to 1.5 cm wide, and the spikelet contains 3 to 9 flowers.

The rice panicle is a loose panicle inflorescence, self-pollinated, and the spikelet is oblong, flattened on both sides, and contains 3 small flowers.

3. Fruit Difference

Wheat fruit is a caryopsis with yellow-brown peel, oblate or oval in shape, slightly pointed or blunt at both ends, with starch grains inside. The fruit powder is white with small yellow-brown peel flakes.

The fruit of rice is a caryopsis, with a boat-shaped lemma and short awns.