Common name:
Branched bur-reed
Family:
Scientific name:
Sparganium erectum
Main flower color:
Range:
All of the British Isles, except upland regions
Height:
Up to 150 cm
Habitat:
In or beside still and slow-moving water
Flowers:
In open, branched, leafy clusters. Each branch has several spherical flowerheads; one or two, towards the base, containing only female heads, and a larger number, up to ten, above, of only male heads. Female flowers consist of a green ovary and an elongated white style, while male flowers have three greenish-yellow stamens topped by brown anthers
Fruit:
Green capsules, tightly-packed
Leaves:
Hairless, linear, parallel-veined, keeled towards the base, up to 70 cm long
Season:
June to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
