Typhaceae
Southern cattail
Typha domingensis
- Family
- Typhaceae
- Genus
- Typha
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Common names
By language (15)
- Arabic
- بوط دمياطي, بردي, بوط, خفاء, ديس
- arz
- بوط دمياطى
- Bangla
- হোগলা
- Chinese
- 長苞香蒲, 长苞香蒲, 无苞香蒲, 無苞香蒲, 小白薇, 蒲黄, 长爸香蒲
- English
- Southern cattail, Southern cat-tail, Lesser Indian reed mace
- ff
- Toloore
- French
- Massette Australe
- Greek
- Ψαθί
- Hebrew
- סוף מצוי
- Japanese
- ヒメガマ
- Persian
- تیفا دمینجنسیس
- Polish
- Pałka południowa
- Portuguese
- Taboa
- Punjabi
- ਦਿੱਭ
- Walloon
- Djonc al makete
Synonyms
- Typha abyssinica Rchb.f. ex Rohrb.
- Typha aequalis Schnizl.
- Typha aethiopica Kronf.
- Typha americana Rich. ex Rohrb.
- Typha angustata Bory & Chaub.
- Typha angustata subsp. aethiopica (Rohrb.) Kronf.
- Typha angustata var. abyssinica (Rchb.f. ex Rohrb.) Graebn.
- Typha angustata var. aethiopica Rohrb.
- Typha angustata var. gracilis Nyman
- Typha angustata var. leptocarpa Rohrb.
- Typha angustifolia prol. australis (Schumach.) Rouy
- Typha angustifolia subsp. angustata (Bory & Chaub.) Briq.
- Typha angustifolia subsp. australis (Schumach.) Kronf.
- Typha angustifolia subsp. domingensis (Pers.) Rohrb.
- Typha angustifolia subsp. javanica (Schnizl. ex Rohrb.) Graebn.
- Typha angustifolia var. angustata (Bory & Chaub.) Jord.
- Typha angustifolia var. australis (Schumach.) Rohrb.
- Typha angustifolia var. brownii (Kunth) Kronf.
- Typha angustifolia var. domingensis (Pers.) Griseb.
- Typha angustifolia var. domingensis (Pers.) Hemsl.
- Typha angustifolia var. saulseana Legrand
- Typha angustifolia var. tenuispicata Debeaux
- Typha angustifolia var. virginica Tidestr.
- Typha australis Schumach. & Thonn.
- Typha australis Schumach.
- Typha basedowii Graebn.
- Typha bracteata Greene
- Typha brownii Kunth
- Typha damiattica Ehrenb. ex Rohrb.
- Typha domingensis f. strimonii Cheshm. & Delip.
- Typha domingensis subsp. australis (Schumach.) F.M.Vázquez
- Typha domingensis var. angustata (Bory & Chaub.) Gèze
- Typha domingensis var. australis (Schumach.) Gèze
- Typha domingensis var. eu-domingensis Gèze
- Typha domingensis var. javanica (Schnizl. ex Rohrb.) Gèze
- Typha domingensis var. sachetiae Fosberg
- Typha ehrenbergii Schur ex Rohrb.
- Typha essequeboensis G.Mey. ex Rohrb.
- Typha gigantea Schur ex Kunth
- Typha gracilis Schur
and 9 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
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Photo: Marcia Stefani, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.