Typha angustifolia L.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Typhaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Typha angustifolia L.

  • Description

    Species Description - Stems slender, 1.5-3.5 m. high. Leaves narrowly linear, 3-20 mm. wide, erect, often as long as the stem; spikes light brown, the staminate and pistillate portions usually separated, the two together sometimes 0.5 m. long, the pistillate, when mature, 6-16 mm. in diameter, and provided with bractlets; stigmas linear or linear-oblong; pollen-grains simple; fruit not furrowed, not bursting in water; outer coat of the seed not separable.

  • Distribution

    In fresh water or slightly brackish marshes, Great Bahama, Abaco, New Providence, Andros, Eleuthera, Watling's Island : Bermuda : Jamaica ; Cuba to Tortola and Trinidad: southern United States to Patagonia; Europe; Asia.

    Great Abaco Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Bermuda South America| Jamaica South America| Cuba South America| Tortola Virgin Islands South America| Trinidad and Tobago South America| Europe| Asia|