OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sparganium americanum   FAMILY Typhaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sparganium americanum   FAMILY Sparganiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Sparganium americanum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Sparganium americanum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 020-01-001:

Sparganium americanum   FAMILY Sparganiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sparganium americanum

 

COMMON NAME:
American Bur-reed


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image of Sparganium americanum, American Bur-reed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_spam_001_lvd

        

image of Sparganium americanum, American Bur-reed

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_spam_006_lvd

        

image of Sparganium americanum, American Bur-reed

JK Marlow    jkm210309_8938

March    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Sparganium americanum, American Bur-reed

Jerry Bright    jeb_mg_4630

May    Kershaw County    SC

Goodale State Park

Flowers are in dense globose heads - staminate above and pistillate below, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).


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image of Sparganium americanum, American Bur-reed

JK Marlow    jkm210507_0103

May    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Sparganium americanum, American Bur-reed

JK Marlow    jkm210507_0104

May    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Sparganium americanum, American Bur-reed

JK Marlow    jkm210507_0114

May    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Sparganium americanum, American Bur-reed

JK Marlow    jkm210507_0119

May    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Sparganium americanum, American Bur-reed

JK Marlow    jkm230523_3335

May    Greenville County    SC

Watson-Cooper Heritage Preserve

image of Sparganium americanum, American Bur-reed

JK Marlow    jkm120704_497

July    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

image of Sparganium americanum, American Bur-reed

JK Marlow    jkm230713_4391

July    Greenville County    SC

Watson-Cooper Heritage Preserve

image of Sparganium americanum, American Bur-reed

JK Marlow    jkm140816_775

August    Jackson County    NC

High Hampton Inn

image of Sparganium americanum, American Bur-reed

JK Marlow    jkm140816_779

August    Jackson County    NC

High Hampton Inn

Leaves alternate, 2-ranked, sheathing at base, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Sparganium americanum, American Bur-reed

Ron Lance    rwl_burreed

August    Jackson County    NC

High Hampton Inn

Stems erect, 1-3' tall, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sparganium americanum   FAMILY Typhaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sparganium americanum   FAMILY Sparganiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sparganium americanum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Sparganium americanum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 020-01-001:
Sparganium americanum   FAMILY Sparganiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sparganium americanum

 

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2208

Emergent aquatic (rooted); Forb
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Streams, marshes, ponds, pools, spring branches, often submerged, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? alternate?

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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