Graceful Cattail (Typha laxmannii)

Graceful Cattail, a reference photo — Photo: Le.Loup.Gris · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Typha laxmannii, the graceful cattail, is a wetland plant species, widespread across Europe and Asia. Typha laxmannii is not as tall as many of the other species in the genus, rarely more than 130 cm high. A noticeable space separates the staminate (male) flowers from the pistillate (female) ones.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Graceful Cattail being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Typha minima
Typha angustifolia
Typha shuttleworthii
Typha domingensis
Typha orientalis

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Typhaceae
Genus: Typha
Species: Typha laxmannii

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