Bulrush

Typha /ˈtaɪfə/ is a genus o aboot eleven species o monocotyledonous flouerin plants in the faimily Typhaceae. The genus haes a lairgely Northren Hemisphere distribution, but is essentially cosmopolitan, bein foond in a variety o wetland habitats.

The rhizomes are edible. Evidence o preserved starch grains on grindin stanes suggests thay wur eaten in Europe 30,000 years ago.^[1]

Species

• Typha angustifolia – lesser bulrush, nairae leaf cattail (Americae), or jambu (Indie)
• Typha domingensis – bulrush, soothern cattail (Americae), nairae-leaved cumbungi (Australie)
• Typha × glauca (T. angustifolia × T. latifolia) – hybrid cattail, white cattail (a sterile hybrid^[2])
• Typha latifolia – common cattail
• Typha laxmannii – Laxman's bulrush
• Typha minima – dwarf bulrush
• Typha orientalis – broadleaf cumbungi (Australie), raupo (New Zealand)
• Typha capensis – Cape bulrush
• Typha shuttleworthii – Shuttleworth's bulrush

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