Photo: Phragmites australis 09.

Photo: Phragmites australis 9.

Young shoots in spring. They look like miniature bamboos. Tammisaari archipelago, Finland. Wild. 2005-05-05.


Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin.
Engl.: common reed, reed grass.
Deu.: Schilf.
Suom.: järviruoko.
Sven.: vass, bladvass, rörvass.
Pharm.: California manna, Father Picolo's manna.
Bot. syn.: Arundo phragmites L., Phragmites communis Trin., Phragmites phragmites (L.) Karst.