Typhaceae

Northern bur-reed

Sparganium hyperboreum Laest. ex Beurl.

Family: Typhaceae
Genus: Sparganium

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Northern bur-reed (Sparganium hyperboreum) — FruitPhoto: bobkennedy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (6)

Chinese: 无柱黑三棱, 北方黑三棱
English: Northern bur-reed
Finnish: Pohjanpalpakko
Norwegian Bokmål: Fjellpiggknopp
Norwegian Nynorsk: Fjellpiggknopp
Swedish: Fjälligelknopp

Synonyms

Sparganium affine var. zosterifolium Neuman
Sparganium hyperboreum var. platyphyllum Neuman
Sparganium natans var. submuticum Hartm.
Sparganium submuticum (Hartm.) Neuman
Sparganium williamsii Rydb.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native

Photos

FruitPhoto: bobkennedy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: bobkennedy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Valerii Glazunov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Valerii Glazunov, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Сергей Крыленко, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ilya Filippov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ida B D Jacobsen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Valerii Glazunov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Valerii Glazunov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Valerii Glazunov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ida B D Jacobsen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: evgeniq_benihanov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.