narrow-leaved cattail

Typha angustifolia

Member of cattails (genus Typha)
cattail family (family Typhaceae)
grasses, sedges, cattails, and allies (order Poales)
monocots (class Liliopsida)
other colors in flowering plants

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• naked stem between staminate, pistillate flowers 1–12 cm
• widest leaf blades 4–15 mm wide (fresh), 3–8 mm (dry)
• no leaf blade glands
• pistillate spike dark brown
• pistillate bractlet tip dark brown, generally darker than stigma, blunt

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Chris’s observations: 4 (2 are research grade)

Locations:

• Coyote Hills RP: 4

Months:

• Jul.: 3
• Aug.: 0
• Sep.: 0
• Oct.: 1

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Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora