southern reed / بوص جنوبي / / عَقْرَبان

القيصوب الأسترالي / القيصوب الجنوبي / الغاب / البردي / البوص

Phragmites australis subsp. australis (Cavanilles) Trinius ex Steudel

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Edibility and Usage

Blooming period
October to January
Seed collection period
December to June

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Green
Life form
  • Geophyte
  • Hemicryptophyte
Foliage
Deciduous

Scientifc data

Genus
Phragmites
Family
Poaceae
Wikidata item
Q67184905
GBIF Item
Phragmites australis subsp. australis (7226752)

References

  1. Nehmé, M.(2008). Etymological dictionary of Syrian flora. Beirut: Librairie du liban publishers.(English, French, and Arabic)
  2. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  3. Zohary, Michael. “A Vegetation Map of Western Palestine.” The Journal of Ecology, 1947, 1–19.

Citation

Phragmites australis subsp. australis (Cavanilles) Trinius ex Steudel in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/2523 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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