Sparganium emersum
Floating Burreed
Sparganium angustifolium
Michx. Species
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- Botanical name
- Sparganium angustifolium
- Also known as
- Floating Bur-Reed, Floating Burreed, Floating-Leaved Burreed, Narrow-Leaved Bur-Reed, Narrow-Leaved Burreed, Narrowleaf Bur-Reed, Narrowleaf Burr Reed, Narrowleaf Burreed
- Family
- Typhaceae
- Genus
- Sparganium
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Floating Burreed
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Sparganium angustifolium but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Sparganium affine
Sparganium affine f. deminutum
Sparganium affine f. microcephalum
Sparganium affine subsp. borderei
Sparganium affine subsp. borderei
Sparganium affine subsp. borderi
Sparganium affine subsp. boreale
Sparganium affine subsp. vaginatum
Sparganium affine var. boreale
Sparganium affine var. deminutum
Sparganium affine var. microcephalum
Sparganium borderi
Sparganium boreale
Sparganium emersum var. angustifolium
Sparganium fluitans
Sparganium glomeratum var. natans
Sparganium minimum var. borderi
Sparganium natans var. angustifolium
Sparganium simplex
Sparganium simplex var. angustifolium
Sparganium vaginatum
Others in Sparganium
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