Plants · La Saladita, Guerrero

southern cattail

Typha domingensis

Spanish: Tule

southern cattail (Typha domingensis)
Photographed by nathantaylor on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC · taken in S Midland Dr, Midland, TX, US, not near La Saladita

Typha domingensis, known commonly as southern cattail or cumbungi, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Typha.

TaxonomyLiliopsida › Poales › Typhaceae
Local recordsNot recorded by research-grade iNaturalist observations within about 50 km; listed from the site's curated guide
Global records16,408 on iNaturalist

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Cite as: “southern cattail (Typha domingensis) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/typha-domingensis/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.