Flora of Victoria

Leaves grey-green; sheath of distal leaves distinctly auriculate; lamina up to 100 cm long, 1–2 cm wide. Male part and female part of inflorescence not separated or separated by up to 0.5 cm. Pollen shed in tetrads. Female part of inflorescence 10–20 cm long, 15–25 mm diam., blackish brown to dark red-brown, or rarely red-brown; floral bracts absent; stigma narrowly obovate to obovate, usually flat, somewhat fleshy, papillose and darker at apex. Flowers Dec.–Feb.

*EGL, *GipP, *Gold, *HNF, *HSF, *MuF, *NIS, *RobP, *Strz, *VRiv, *VVP. Also naturalised in NSW, Tas. Native in the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Formerly planted around farm dams etc. for decorative purposes, but now naturalised along slow-moving streams, irrigation channels, swamps and lakes in several localities.

Source: Conn, B.J. (1994). Typhaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J. (eds), Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Updated by: Val Stajsic, 2019-07-22

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Lilianae

order Poales

family Typhaceae

genus Typha

Higher taxa

species Typha latifolia L.

Victoria

**Source:** AVH (2014). *Australia's Virtual Herbarium*, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, <http://avh.chah.org.au>. Find Typha latifolia in AVH ; *Victorian Biodiversity Atlas*, © The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries (published Dec. 2014) Find Typha latifolia in Victorian Biodiversity Atlas

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Victorian Volcanic Plain	present	naturalised
Victorian Riverina	present	naturalised
Robinvale Plains	present	naturalised
Murray Fans	present	naturalised
Gippsland Plain	present	naturalised
Goldfields	present	naturalised
Northern Inland Slopes	present	naturalised
East Gippsland Lowlands	present	naturalised
Highlands-Southern Fall	present	naturalised
Highlands-Northern Fall	present	introduced
Strzelecki Ranges	present	naturalised

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
New South Wales
Victoria
Tasmania

Typha latifolia L.

Lesser Reed-mace

Victoria

State distribution