WorldFloraDB - Typha minima

Characteristics

A rush. It grows 30-45 cm high. It can be only 6-8 cm high and 3-5 cm wide. The leaves are narrow and needle like. The flowers spikes are small and round and brown. They are shorter than the leaves. The flowers are in oblong, dark brown heads. They are scaly and finely hairy.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

aquatic free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

monoecy

Pollination

anemogamy

Spread

anemochory

Mature width (meter)

1.05 - 1.25

Mature height (meter)

0.38 - 0.53

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

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Root diameter (meter)

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Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

In shallow water of ponds and rivers in northern China. Shores of rivers and lakes, and marshes. Gravels on the margins of calcareous rivers, particularly in braided channels and oxbows, as well as in ditches, ponds and marshes.

More

It is a temperate plant. It grows along rivers and in swamps. It suits hardiness zones 3-11. In Sichuan.

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Usage

Uses	construction medicinal
Edible	flowers rhizomes roots seeds stems
Therapeutic use	-
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Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.

Mode	divisions seedlings
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