Wildflower - Cattail

When you think of Cattails (Typha latifolia), you normally don't associate them with wildflowers but the fuzzy stalk they produce is a flower. There are several wetland areas below our barn that are overgrown with cattails.


The Cattail flower spike has two flowers on one stalk. The top part of the flower spike (the fuzzy brown section in photo) is the male flower and beneath it is the green (immature) female flower.

As the flower matures, the fuzzy male flower will be shed and the female flower will turn dark brown.