The upper staminate flower heads are greenish brown, while the lower pistillate ones
are a dense cluster of small white flowers. Leaves narrow and nearly flat.
(Photographed - late June) |

Large Fruited Burreed ( or Bur-reed) |
Large Fruited Burreed ( or Bur-reed) |
Sparganium eurycarpum |
Bur Reed Family - Sparganiaceae |
Aquatic plant with grass-like leaves and a zig-zag stalk with globular heads of separate
male and female flowers. |
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