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Typha lugdunensis

Typha lugdunensis
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0

Typha lugdunensis is a rare aquatic reedmace (cattail) of freshwater marshes and wetland margins, found in scattered locations across Europe and Asia. It needs permanently wet or waterlogged roots and full sun to grow well.

Family
Typhaceae (Typh family)
Grows as
Aquatic
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep the roots constantly wet or submerged in shallow water.
Soil
Heavy mud or loam at the bottom of a pond or marsh.
Temperature
Hardy in temperate climates; tolerates winter cold when the roots stay under water or frozen mud.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
E. France to SW. Germany, W. Asia to N. China
Climate
temperate

About

Typha lugdunensis is a plant species found in an odd disjunct distribution in Europe and Asia. It has been reported from Germany, Switzerland, France, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and China (Hebei, Nei Mongol, Shandong, Xinjiang). The species grows in freshwater marshes.

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 lugdunensis 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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