Sparganium emersum
Broadfruit Burreed
Sparganium eurycarpum
Engelm. Species
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- Botanical name
- Sparganium eurycarpum
- Also known as
- Big Bur-Reed, Broad-Fruit Burr-Reed, Broad-Fruited Burreed, Broadfruit Bur-Reed, Broadfruit Burreed, Giant Burreed, Large Burreed, Large-Fruited Burreed, Simple-Stemmed Burreed
- Family
- Typhaceae
- Genus
- Sparganium
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Broadfruit 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 eurycarpum but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Sparganium erectum subsp. stoloniferum
Others in Sparganium
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