长苞香蒲 chang bao xiang pu

Typha angustata Bory & Chaubard; T. angustifolia Linnaeus subsp. angustata (Bory & Chaubard) Briquet; T. angustifolia var. angustata (Bory & Chaubard) Jordan.

Stems 0.7-2.5 m tall, stout. Leaves 40-150 cm × 3-8 mm, abaxially convex, transverse section semicircular. Male part of spikes 7-30 cm, with 1 or 2 bracts; bracts to ca. 32 cm, deciduous; female part of spikes 5-23 cm, distinctly separated from male part, with 1 bract at base, with sparse and curved hairs on axis. Male flowers: stamens 3, rarely 2; anthers ca. 1.4 mm. Female flowers with bracteoles; ovary lanceolate; stalk 3-6 mm, slender; styles 0.5-1.5 mm; stigmas linear to lanceolate, 0.8-1.5 mm, broader than styles; hairs on stalk shorter than style. Fruit fusiform. Fl. and fr. Jun-Aug.

Shallow water of lakes, ponds, rivers, and swamps, channels. ?Anhui, Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xinjiang, Yunnan [India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam; Africa, SW Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America].