© Ian Dodkins
© David Mitchel
© Paul Hackney
Map updated: March 2008
:: Flora of Northern Ireland ::
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© Ian Dodkins |
© David Mitchel |
© Paul Hackney |
Map updated: March 2008 |
| Species Description: |
| A very common plant of wet ditches, canals, fens, lake-sides, river-sides, ponds and similar wet habitats. Easily recognised, with its tall shoots reaching four feet or so, long, narrow keeled leaves, and a stem which carries a branched inflorescence of globular heads of male and female flowers. The female flowers develop into a bur-like structure which eventually breaks up into its separate fruits for dispersal. |
| All names: Sparganium erectum L.; Sparganium ramosum Huds. |
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