Typhaceae
Broadleaf cattail
Typha latifolia
- Family
- Typhaceae
- Genus
- Typha
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Common names
By language (53)
- Arabic
- بوط عريض الأوراق, بردي, بوط, دادي, طيفي
- arz
- بوط عريض الاوراق
- Basque
- Lezka hostozabal
- Belarusian
- Рагоз шыракалісты, Калавей, Кардоўнік, Катке, Кіеўка, Кіёка, Кіёўнік, Мачула
- Breton
- Korz-mor-ledan
- Bulgarian
- Широколистен папур
- Catalan
- Boga de fulla ampla, Massette à Larges Feuilles
- Chinese
- 宽叶香蒲, 寬葉香蒲, 蒲黄
- chy
- Vétánó'êstse
- Croatian
- Rogoz
- csb
- Wòdnô baszka
- cv
- Анлă çулçăллă чакан
- Czech
- Orobinec širokolistý, Orobinec širolistý
- Danish
- Bredbladet Dunhammer
- dsb
- Wětša rogož
- Dutch
- Grote lisdodde, Grote rietsigaar
- English
- Broadleaf cattail, Bulrush, Common bulrush, Broad-leaved cattail, Common cattail
- Estonian
- Laialehine hundinui, Laialeheline hundinui
- Finnish
- Leveäosmankäämi, Leveälehtiosmankäämi
- French
- Massette à larges feuilles, Massette a larges feuilles, Quenouille, Rauche, Roseau à massette
- frr
- Lonten
- German
- Breitblättriger Rohrkolben, Massette à Larges Feuilles, Mooskolben
- Greek
- Ψάθα
- gv
- Bossan doo, Quiggal ny ben-shee
- hsb
- Šěroka rohodź, Potačina, Sćinowa heja, Šěrokołopjenaty potač
- Hungarian
- Széleslevelű gyékény, Bodnározó gyékény
- Italian
- Tifa, Mazzasorda
- Japanese
- ガマ, ガマ、蒲, ガマの穂, ホオウ, 蒲, 蒲の穂, 蒲黄
- Kazakh
- Майқоға
- Korean
- 큰부들, 부들
- kw
- Pennduen
- lah
- دب
- Latvian
- Platlapu vilkvālīte
- Lithuanian
- Plačialapis švendras, Massette à Larges Feuilles
- Macedonian
- Широколистен рогоз, Широколсен рогоз
- Malayalam
- ആനപ്പുല്ല്
- nds
- Grote lampepoetser, Lampenpoetser, Lampepoetser
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bredt dunkjevle, Bred dunkjevle, Brei dunkjevle
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Breitt dunkjevle, Brei dunkjevle
- os
- Бийыны хъæз
- Persian
- بوربا, لوئی
- Polish
- Pałka szerokolistna, Rogoża
- Romanian
- Papură, Papură lată
- Russian
- Рогоз широколистный, Бочарная трава, Куга, Чакан
- Serbian (Latin)
- Širokolisni rogoz
- sgs
- Plačialapis švendrs
- Slovak
- Pálka širokolistá
- Slovenian
- Širokolistni rogoz, Rogoz
- Spanish
- Anea, Bohordos altos, Espadaña ancha, Henea, Inea, Junco de esteras, Junco de la pasion, Junco de la pasión
- Swedish
- Bredkaveldun, Bredbladigt kaveldun, Massette à Larges Feuilles
- Ukrainian
- Рогіз широколистий
- Welsh
- Cynffon y gath
- Western Frisian
- Grutte Tuorrebout
Synonyms
- Massula latifolia (L.) Dulac
- Typha ambigua Schur ex Rohrb.
- Typha angustifolia lus. uechtritzii Kronf.
- Typha angustifolia prol. brownii Kronf.
- Typha angustifolia var. elata (Boreau) Nyman
- Typha angustifolia var. media Kronf.
- Typha angustifolia var. sonderi Kronf.
- Typha crassa Raf.
- Typha elata Boreau
- Typha elatior Raf.
- Typha elatior Boreau
- Typha elongata (Dudley) Dudley
- Typha elongata Pauquy
- Typha engelmannii A.Br. ex Rohrb.
- Typha intermedia Schur
- Typha latifolia f. ambigua (Sond.) Holmb.
- Typha latifolia f. didyma Brenner
- Typha latifolia f. divisa Louis-Marie
- Typha latifolia f. intermedia Lindstr.
- Typha latifolia f. latifolia
- Typha latifolia subsp. eulatifolia Graebn.
- Typha latifolia var. ambigua Sond.
- Typha latifolia var. angustifolia Hausskn.
- Typha latifolia var. elata Kronf.
- Typha latifolia var. elatior Graebn.
- Typha latifolia var. elongata Dudley
- Typha latifolia var. gracilis Godr.
- Typha latifolia var. obconica Tkachik
- Typha latifolia var. remotiuscula (Schur) Simonk.
- Typha latifolia var. typica Rothm.
- Typha major Curtis
- Typha media Pollini
- Typha palustris Bubani
- Typha pendula Fisch. ex Sond.
- Typha remotiuscula Schur
- Typha spathulifolia Kronf.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 915 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- brown (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Ian Murdoch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kate Manning, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Milla Carne, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Jacob Moyer, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photographed by Eric Guinther, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Natalie Waddell-Rutter, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Jack Hamill, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: 🌴Anxo🌿, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, 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.