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Photographer: Josh Sulman
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Family Sparganiaceae
Sparganium natans L.
small bur-reed
Sparganium: ancient name, probably sparganon for "a band," referring to ribbon-like leaves
natans: floating
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | floating or erect, perennial aquatic, 4"-12" tall with long stems |
| Flower: | female flower green to white, 3-parted; inflorescence round heads, the female heads all from the leaf axils |
| Fruit: | squat nutlet with a short beak,  , in bur-like heads |
| Leaf: | thin, flat, very long when floating, un-keeled |
| Habitat: | sun; wet; shallows; in muddy soil |
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