球序香蒲 qiu xu xiang pu

Stems 70-80 cm tall, slender. Leaves dimorphic; sheathlike leaves 4-12 cm; linear leaves 40-45 cm × 1-2 mm, abaxially convex, transverse section semicircular. Male part of spikes 4-5 cm, without hairs on axis, with 1 deciduous bract at base; female part of spikes separated from male part, 2.5-4.5 cm, with a deciduous bract at base. Male flowers: stamen 1; anthers ca. 1.5 mm. Female flowers with bracteoles; ovary elliptic; styles ca. 0.6 mm; stigmas linear, ca. 0.8 mm; hairs on stalk ca. as long as styles. Fruit elliptic. Fl. and fr. May-Sep.

Ponds, streams, swamps. Hebei, Nei Mongol, Xinjiang [C Asia].

Closely related to Typha minima, this species is treated as T. minima by Govaerts (2010. World Checklist of Typhaceae. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.kew.org/wcsp/ accessed 16 Feb 2010). Further work is needed to determine the relationships between these two taxa.