Typha angustifolia L.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Typhaceae

• Scientific Name

  Typha angustifolia L.

• Description

  Species Description - Stems 1–1.5 mm; lvs 5–11 mm wide, auriculate at the juncture of sheath and blade; pistillate and staminate portions of the spike separated by (1–)2–12 cm, the pistillate portion deep brown, 10–20 cm, 1–2 cm thick at maturity; compound pedicels short and stout; pistillate fls each accompanied by a hair-like bracteole with an expanded, flat, spatulate tip; stigma linear; fr 5–8 mm, subtended by copious hairs with a slightly expanded brown tip, the achene usually distinctly above the middle; sterile pistillate fls about as long as the fertile ones, dilated into a cuneate truncate tip; staminate bracteoles brown and scale-like; pollen in monads; 2n=30. Marshes, more tolerant of salt and alkali than no. 1 [Typha latifolia L.]; nearly cosmop., and throughout our range, the common sp. along the coast, now becoming common inland as well.

• Common Names

  narrow-leaved cat-tail