Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sparganium americanum
FAMILY
Typhaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Sparganium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_spam_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_spam_006_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm210309_8938
March Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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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).
COMPARE
aquatic plants
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JK Marlow jkm210507_0103
May Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210507_0104
May Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210507_0114
May Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210507_0119
May Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230523_3335
May Greenville County SC
Watson-Cooper Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm250625_1261
June Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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Ron Lance rwl_20250611_122257
June Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm120704_497
July Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230713_4391
July Greenville County SC
Watson-Cooper Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm140816_775
August Jackson County NC
High Hampton Inn
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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).
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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
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
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal? alternate?
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p332
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p476
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p209
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p124
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p137
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p427
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p350
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p402
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p001
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p293
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