Typhaceae
Branched bur-reed
Sparganium erectum
- Family
- Typhaceae
- Genus
- Sparganium
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Common names
By language (35)
- Arabic
- إسبارغانيون قائم
- arz
- اسبارغانيون قائم
- Asturian
- Platanaria
- Belarusian
- Плюшчай прамы
- Bulgarian
- Ежова главичка
- Chinese
- 實慄, 直立黑三棱, 實栗
- Czech
- Zevar vzpřímený
- Danish
- Grenet Pindsvineknop
- dsb
- Rypotka
- Dutch
- Grote egelskop, Blonde egelskop
- English
- Branched bur-reed, Simplestem bur-reed, Simple-stem bur-reed
- Estonian
- Haruline jõgitakjas
- Finnish
- Haarapalpakko, Isopalpakko
- French
- Rubanier d'eau, Rubanier, Rubanier dressé, Rubanier d’eau, Rubanier rameux
- frr
- Skeeger
- German
- Ästiger Igelkolben, Aufrechter Igelkolben
- hsb
- Hałzata jěželnja, Hałožkata jěželnja, Hałužata jěželnja, Hałžata jěželnja, Hałžkata jěželnja
- Hungarian
- Ágas békabuzogány
- Irish
- Rísheisc
- Italian
- Biodo, Coltellaccio maggiore, Coltellaccio
- Japanese
- ミクリ
- Korean
- 흑삼릉
- Latvian
- Lielā ežgalvīte
- Lithuanian
- Šakotasis šiurpis
- mzn
- گاله
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kjempepiggknopp
- Persian
- نی توپی
- Polish
- Jeżogłówka gałęzista
- Romanian
- Buzdugan
- Russian
- Ежеголовник прямой
- Slovak
- Ježohlav vzpriamený
- Swedish
- Stor igelknopp, Fläblad, Storigelknopp
- Ukrainian
- Їжача голівка пряма
- Walloon
- Tcherdon d' aiwe
- Welsh
- Cleddlys canghennog
Synonyms
- Sparganium ramosum Huds.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 169 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: A. Johann, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alessia Guggisberg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jamie O'Neill, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hugo.arg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Felix Puff, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Fantagu assumed, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: yvon s, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Anastasia Titovets, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Fantagu assumed, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: yvon s, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: pete_gateley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Fantagu assumed, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Sparganium
- Least bur-reedSparganium natansTyphaceae
- Unbranched bur-reedSparganium emersumTyphaceae
- Narrowleaf bur-reedSparganium angustifoliumTyphaceae
- 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.