Bloom Time
Jun, Jul, Aug
Plant Type
Perennial. Rhizomes elongated. Culms erect; reed-like; 150-600 cm long. Leaves cauline. Leaf-sheaths loose. Ligule a ciliate membrane. Leaf-blades deciduous at the ligule; 20-60 cm long; 8-32 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface smooth. Leaf-blade apex attenuate; filiform., Grass/Grass-like
Lifespan
Perennial
Plant Height
3-6 ft.
Flower
Lodicules 2. Anthers 3 (2 in sterile floret). Ovary glabrous.
Fruit
Caryopsis with adherent pericarp. Hilum elliptic.
Order
Cyperales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Phragmites
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