Leaves: Blades long (5 to 7 feet) and linear (1/6 to 1/2 inch wide). Blades attached near the base of the stem. Blade lacks glands on the inside of the leaf near the base.
Flowers: Blooms June to July. Inflorescence on a stalk, lower than the leaf tips. Staminate and pistillate flowers grow separately on the same stalk (staminate above pistillate), with a naked gap on the stem of 1/2 to 3 inches.
Seeds: Small seed with long hairs attached; blow in the wind.
Habitat: Ponds, streams, river banks, and other wet areas. Sometimes grows out of the water on the edge of water body.
Elevation: To about 6,500 ft.
Distribution: North America and Eurasia. This species occurs in the Bridge Mountain Wilderness Area and in Gold Butte National Monument.
Comments: All three North America species hybridize. |