Sparganium eurycarpum Engelm.
Giant bur-reed
Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae |
Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
Class | Liliopsida | Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family |
Subclass | Commelinidae | Dayflowers and spiderworts, and several others |
Order | Typhales | A group including reedlike wetland plants such as cattails |
Family | Typhaceae | Plants, such as cattails, with a single flower spike that has both male and female flowers |
Genus | Sparganium | From Greek and Latin sparganion, derived from sparganon, “diaper, ribbon, swadding band, for the ribbon-like leaves |
Species | eurycarpum | From eury or eurys, “wide or broad,” and carpa, “fruit” |
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Sparganium californicum Greene
Sparganium eurycarpum Engelm. ssp. eurycarpum
Sparganium eurycarpum description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.
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6/22/2017 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts ≈ 6 × 10" (16 × 24 cm) 

6/22/2017 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts ≈ 5 × 8" (13 × 20 cm) 

6/22/2017 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts ≈ 5 × 8" (13 × 20 cm) 
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