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Laxman’s Bulrush

Typha laxmannii

Also called Slender Cattail

Laxman’s Bulrush
Photo: Le.Loup.Gris, CC BY-SA 3.0

Laxman's bulrush (Typha laxmannii), also called slender cattail, is a shorter wetland cattail from temperate Europe and Asia, rarely above 130 cm. It grows rooted in shallow water or saturated mud at the edges of ponds and marshes.

Family
Typhaceae (Typh family)
Grows as
Aquatic
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep roots submerged in shallow water or constantly wet mud.
Soil
Wet mud, silt or loam at the bottom of shallow water.
Temperature
Hardy in temperate climates; tolerates winter cold in its native range.
How easy
Easy
Native range
SE. Europe to Japan
Climate
temperate

About

Typha laxmannii, the graceful cattail, is a wetland plant species, widespread across Europe and Asia. Typha laxmannii is not as tall as many of the other species in the genus, rarely more than 130 cm high. A noticeable space separates the staminate (male) flowers from the pistillate (female) ones.

Other Typha plants

Typha albida · Typha alekseevii · Lesser Bulrush · Typha ×argoviensis · Typha austro-orientalis · Typha azerbaijanensis · Typha ×bavarica · Cape Bulrush · Typha changbaiensis · Typha davidiana · Southern cattail · Elephant grass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Typha laxmannii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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