Broadleaf cattail (Typha latifolia)

Broadleaf cattail, a reference photo — Photo: Peter O'Connor aka anemoneprojectors from Stevenage, United Kingdom · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Typha latifolia is a perennial herbaceous wetland plant in the genus Typha. It is known in English as bulrush (sometimes as common bulrush to distinguish from other species of Typha), and in North America as broadleaf cattail. It is found as a native plant species throughout most of Eurasia and North America, and more locally in Africa and South America. The genome of T. latifolia was published in 2022.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Broadleaf 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 shuttleworthii
Typha angustifolia
Typha orientalis
Typha capensis
Typha domingensis

Classification

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

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