Bulrush
ആനപ്പുല്ല്
Typha latifolia L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Plenty
- tall
- 2.3 m
- wide
- 1.5 m
Typhaceae
Also called Broad-leaved cattail, Broadleaf cattail, Broadleaf Cattail, Common Bulrush, Common cattail
Formerly Massula latifolia, Typha ambigua, Typha caspica, Typha crassa, and 10 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- HelophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Temp. Northern Hemisphere to Colombia, W. Bolivia to S. South America, Nigeria to Kenya, S. IndiaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 1.5 m to 3.0 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 1.2 m to 1.8 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Plenty: wet or constantly moistRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, brownRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -40 °C (USDA zone 3a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Ukrainian
- Рогіз широколистий
- Chinese
- 宽叶香蒲, 蒲黄
- Simplified Chinese
- 宽叶香蒲
- Traditional Chinese
- 寬葉香蒲
- Chinese (Taiwan)
- 寬葉香蒲
- Spanish
- Anea
- Croatian
- Rogoz
- Western Panjabi
- دب
- Romanian
- papură
- Arabic
- بوط عريض الأوراق
- Breton
- Korz-mor-ledan
- Catalan
- Boga de fulla ampla
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Typha latifolia (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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