Common name:
Unbranched bur-reed
Family:
Scientific name:
Sparganium emersum
Main flower color:
Range:
Most lowland areas of the British Isles
Height:
Up to 60 cm
Habitat:
Still and slow moving water
Flowers:
Carpellate and staminate, in separate spherical clusters, along a single, unbranched stalk. The lower clusters, usually two to four, are female, with greenish styles and narrow white stigmas, while above are the male flower clusters (four to seven); numerous stamens, with white filaments and yellow anthers, brown when mature
Leaves:
Grass-like, keeled at the base; up to 60 cm long
Season:
July to June
Rarity:
★★★★★
