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Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
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Family Sparganiaceae
Sparganium emersum Rehmann
narrow-leaved bur-reed
Sparganium: ancient name, probably sparganon for "a band," referring to ribbon-like leaves
emersum: Latin e for "out;" mergere for "to dip, plunge"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect or floating, perennial, emergent aquatic, up to 3 1/2' tall |
| Flower: | female flower green to white, 3-parted; inflorescence round heads on an unbranched stalk much shorter than the leaves |
| Fruit: | green to brown nutlets with a straight to curved beak grouped in bur-like heads |
| Leaf: | not widened at the base, erect or floating, partly or wholly keeled, mostly flat except for the triangular base, veins mostly coarse |
| Habitat: | sun; wet; quiet water; in muddy soil |
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