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                                                                     Typha latifolia L.

Synonym	:	Massula latifolia (L.) Dulac
Family	:	Typhaceae
Local name	:	English -Broadleaf cattail
Distribution	:	North America, Europe, northern and central Asia, northern Africa
Habitat	:	Growing in floating mats in slightly deeper water.
Uses	:	The rhizome can also be dried and ground into a powder, this powder is rich in protein and can be mixed with wheat flour and then used for making bread, biscuits, muffins
Key Botanical Characters.   This unique plant is best characterized by its large, cynidrical, brown spike of female flowers from which it gets its name. Immediately above this large, thick structure, protrudes a smaller, pointed, light-yellow spike of male flowers. Below the flowering bodies, the stem is thick and pithy. The leaves of the common cattail are large, thin, and tapere