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Flowers in cylindrical spikes Typhaceae
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Female inflorescence black-brown or dark red-brown, usually continuous with the male inflorescence, bracts absent. Stigmas narrow-obovate to obovate, club-shaped. Leaves up to 2 cm wide, ± glaucous, nearly flat. Introd. from Europe. Faulconbridge. Catstail or Great Reedmace Typha latifolia