Typha domingensis

A common and often abundant wetland plant. Throughout most of New Mexico, the only other Typha is Typha latifolia, which has wider leaves and lacks the gap between pistillate and staminate portions of the inflorescence.

Plant habit at Mesilla Bosque State Park, 23 Jun 2007.

Inflorescences, Mesilla Bosque State Park, 23 Jun 2007.

Pistillate section of an inflorescence, gone to fruit, Mesilla Bosque State Park, 23 Jun 2007.