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Sparganium eurycarpum Engelm.

Giant bur-reed

KingdomPlantaePlants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
SubkingdomTracheobiontaVascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
DivisionMagnoliophytaFlowering plants, also known as angiosperms
ClassLiliopsidaMonocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family
SubclassCommelinidaeDayflowers and spiderworts, and several others
OrderTyphalesA group including reedlike wetland plants such as cattails
FamilyTyphaceaePlants, such as cattails, with a single flower spike that has both male and female flowers
GenusSparganiumFrom Greek and Latin sparganion, derived from sparganon, “diaper, ribbon, swadding band, for the ribbon-like leaves
SpecieseurycarpumFrom 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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Sparganium eurycarpum (giant bur-reed)

6/22/2017 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Mass­a­chu­setts · ≈ 6 × 10″ (16 × 24 cm)

Sparganium eurycarpum (giant bur-reed)

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

Sparganium eurycarpum (giant bur-reed)

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

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