| Accepted name: |
Typha latifolia L. |
| Synonym(s): |
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| English names: |
Broad-leaved Cattail
Common Cattail
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| French names: |
Quenouille à feuilles larges
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Typhales
Family: Typhaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HTYPLA
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2.3 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
The root is used fresh as a POULTICE or dried in a decoction. The immature male flowers are cooked and eaten like corn on the cob. Young leaf sprouts are eaten fresh and the yellow pollen is used as a flour (*2). |
| Key Characters: |
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