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Broadleaf cattail
Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via iNaturalist

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Broadleaf cattail

Typha latifolia L.

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishBroadleaf cattail
DutchGrote lisdodde
SpanishEspadaña
Chinese宽叶香蒲
Scientific nameTypha latifolia L.

About this species

Typha latifolia is a perennial herbaceous wetland plant in the genus Typha. It is known in English as bulrush (sometimes as common bulrush to distinguish from other species of Typha), and in North America as broadleaf cattail. It is found as a native plant species throughout most of Eurasia and North America, and more locally in Africa and South America. The genome of T. latifolia was published in 2022.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderPoales
FamilyTyphaceae
GenusTypha

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