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Typha latifolia is a perennial herbaceous wetland plant in the genus Typha. It is known in English as bulrush [ 4 ] [ 5 ] (sometimes as common bulrush [ 6 ] to distinguish from other species of Typha ), and in American as broadleaf cattail. [ 7 ]
Typha / ˈ t aɪ f ə / is a genus of about 30 species of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Typhaceae.These plants have a variety of common names, in British English as bulrush [4] or (mainly historically) reedmace, [5] in American English as cattail, [6] or punks, in Australia as cumbungi or bulrush, in Canada as bulrush or cattail, and in New Zealand as raupō, bullrush, [7 ...
Typha angustifolia grows 1.5–2 metres (4 ft 11 in – 6 ft 7 in) high (rarely to 3 m) and has slender leaves 3–12 mm (0.12–0.47 in) broad, obviously slenderer than in the related Typha latifolia; ten or fewer leaves arise from each vegetative shoot. The leaves are deciduous, appearing in spring and dying down in the autumn.
Typha x glauca is an invasive hybrid species that originates as a cross between parent species, Typha angustifolia and Typha latifolia. T. latifolia is a broad-leaved cattail and T. angustifolia is a narrow-leaved cattail. [2] The structure of Typha x glauca is an intermediate of its two parent species. It is an erect and emergent wetland plant ...
Typha The Typhaceae ( / t aɪ ˈ f eɪ s i i / ) are a family of flowering plants , sometimes called the cattail family . [ 2 ] The botanical name for the family has been recognized by most taxonomists.
Typha orientalis, commonly known as bulrush, cumbungi, [2] or raupō, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the genus Typha. It is native to Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Myanmar, Philippines, China and the Russian Far East ( Sakhalin and Primorye ).
The row of black spots on the outer area are wedge-shaped and are placed just before the margin. The caterpillar is pale ochreous more or less tinged with pink; a paler line along the spiracles ; head and plate on first ring of the body red-brown. July to August, in stems of Typha.
Typha comes from a Greek plant name. [119] [120] 2 genera, worldwide [121] [122] These wetlands perennials are amphibious, with starchy rhizomes. The family is adapted to wind-pollination. Previously a food source, the plants are sometimes used today for water treatment. [121] [123] Poales: Typha latifolia Typha latifolia Typha latifolia ...