Wild Orchids
in the Algarve
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Sparganium emersum - Unbranched Bur-reed

Found growing in the water at the edges of lakes and slow-flowing rivers, unbranched bur-reed can reach a height of a metre or so. The flower stalk is unbranched (unlike its relative the branched bur-reed in which branched stems bear the flowers).

Each unbranched stem bears four or five female flower clusters, some of which may have stalks, below an array of smaller male flower clusters..

Wildflowers of Wales This wildflower is one of many dozens that are featured in the First Nature Guide to the Wonderful Wildflowers of Wales, Volume 4 - Watersides and Wetlands. Sample pages... Order online... Order by post...