Typhaceae
Narrowleaf bur-reed
Sparganium angustifolium
- Family
- Typhaceae
- Genus
- Sparganium
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Common names
By language (24)
- arz
- انجستيفوليوم سبارجانيوم
- Bulgarian
- Теснолистна ежова главичка
- Catalan
- Rubanier à feuilles étroites
- Chinese
- 線葉黑三棱, 线叶黑三棱
- Croatian
- Uskolisni ježinac
- Czech
- Zevar úzkolistý
- Dutch
- Drijvende egelskop
- English
- Narrowleaf bur-reed, Floating bur-reed
- Estonian
- Lamedalehine jõgitakjas, Lamedaleheline jõgitakjas
- Finnish
- Kaitapalpakko
- French
- Rubanier à feuilles étroites
- German
- Schmalblättriger Igelkolben, Rubanier à feuilles étroites
- hsb
- Přirodna jěželnja
- Irish
- Rísheisc chaol
- Japanese
- ホソバウキミクリ
- Latvian
- Šaurlapu ežgalvīte
- Lithuanian
- Rubanier à feuilles étroites
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Flotgras, Flotgress
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Flotgras
- Polish
- Jeżogłówka pokrewna
- Russian
- Ежеголовник узколистный
- Swedish
- Plattbladig igelknopp, Rubanier à feuilles étroites
- Ukrainian
- Їжача голівка вузьколиста
- Welsh
- Cleddlys arnofiol
Synonyms
- Sparganium affine Schnizl.
- Sparganium affine f. deminutum (Neuman) Asch. & Graebn.
- Sparganium affine f. microcephalum (Neuman) Asch. & Graebn.
- Sparganium affine subsp. borderei (Focke) P.Fourn.
- Sparganium affine subsp. borderei (Focke) Rouy
- Sparganium affine subsp. borderi (Focke) Weberb.
- Sparganium affine subsp. boreale (Laest. ex Beurl.) K.Richt.
- Sparganium affine subsp. vaginatum (Larss.) Nyman
- Sparganium affine var. boreale (Laest. ex Beurl.) Nyman
- Sparganium affine var. deminutum Neuman
- Sparganium affine var. microcephalum Neuman
- Sparganium borderi Focke
- Sparganium boreale Laest. ex Beurl.
- Sparganium emersum var. angustifolium (Michx.) Roy L.Taylor & MacBryde
- Sparganium fluitans Fr.
- Sparganium glomeratum var. natans Beurl.
- Sparganium minimum var. borderi (Focke) Nyman
- Sparganium natans var. angustifolium (Michx.) Pursh
- Sparganium simplex Muhl.
- Sparganium simplex var. angustifolium (Michx.) Torr.
- Sparganium vaginatum Larss.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pål A. Olsvik, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: lupia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Suzanne Carriere, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Koichi Oda, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: ferrettank101, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Galloway and Southern Ayrshire UNESCO Biosphere Official Account, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Marko Vainu, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Isabelle Bellin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Flavien Saboureau, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ilya Filippov, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Sparganium
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- Least bur-reedSparganium natansTyphaceae
- Unbranched bur-reedSparganium emersumTyphaceae
- Clustered bur-reedSparganium glomeratumTyphaceae
- Sparganium gramineumTyphaceae
- Broadfruit bur-reedSparganium eurycarpumTyphaceae
- American bur-reedSparganium americanumTyphaceae
- Floating bur-reedSparganium fluctuansTyphaceae
- Northern bur-reedSparganium hyperboreumTyphaceae
- Branched bur-reedSparganium androcladumTyphaceae
- Sparganium fallaxTyphaceae
- Burr-reedSparganium subglobosumTyphaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.