Narrowleaf Bur-reed - Sparganium angustifolium
Other Names:
Sparganium emersum
Native Species
Global Rank:
G5
State Rank:
S4
C-value:
7
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Stems 5–50 cm, often floating. Leaves 2–12 mm wide, sometimes keeled, often exceeding the inflorescence. Inflorescence unbranched, of 2 to 6 sessile, contiguous or separate, male heads and 2 to 4, sessile or pedunculate female heads, 8–25 mm wide at maturity. Styles unbranched, 0.6–2 mm long. Achenes fusiform; body 3–6 mm long, constricted in the middle, tapering gradually to the beak, 2–4 mm long (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Shallow, fresh water of lakes, ponds, sloughs, ditches, fens; plains, valleys to subalpine (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).