Cat-tail – Typha latifolia

Common Name: Cat-tail, Bullrush

Botanical Name: Typha latifolia, TY-fa lat-i-FOL-ee-a

Decorative Life: Many days, weeks, months to years, depending on use.

Flower Color: Brown

Availability: Fall, Winter

• In the flower spike, the male flowers are grouped above the female flowers in “zones”. The specific epithet name “latifolia” means broad-leafed.
• Only one genus in this primitive plant family. Named used by Theophrastus for these and other swamp-like or aquatic plants.