Rushes, Sedges & Allies

Branched Bur-reed



Bulrushes & Bur-reeds - Typhaceae

Branched Bur-reed      Sparganium erectum

Native throughout Europe, northern and central Asia and the Mediterranean Region. Flowers carried in rounded balls on branched spikes, the male flowers in clusters above the females. Female flowers produce spike-like fruiting bodies.

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Flower spike
Male flowers
Female flowers
Seedheads