southern cattail

Typha domingensis

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

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CalPhotos

• naked stem between staminate, pistillate flowers 1–8 cm
• widest leaf blades 6–18 mm wide (fresh), 5–15 mm (dry)
• leaf blade gland-dotted adaxially [inner surface] near base
• pistillate spike cinnamon to medium brown
• pistillate bractlet tip straw-colored (to light brown), generally paler than stigma, acute to acuminate

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Chris’s observations: none

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

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora