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Photographer: Gary Fewless
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Family Sparganiaceae
Sparganium fluctuans (Engelm. ex Morong) B.L.Rob.
floating-leaved bur-reed
Sparganium: ancient name, probably sparganon for "a band," referring to ribbon-like leaves
fluctuans: fluctuating
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | floating, perennial, up to 5' tall aquatic; stems slender and long |
| Flower: | female flower green to white, 3-parted; inflorescence round heads on a branched stalk, male heads (2-4) and female heads separated |
| Fruit: | red-brown, dull nutlet with a curved beak,  , in bur-like heads |
| Leaf: | floating, flat, thin, translucent |
| Habitat: | sun; wet; quiet water; in muddy soil |
| (Glossary) |
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