Sparganium erectum




Family Sparganiaceae
Scientific name Sparganium erectum L.
Synonyms Sparganium acaule (Beeby) Rydberg; Sparganium angustifolium Michaux subsp. emersum (Rehmann) Brayshaw; Sparganium californicum Greene; Sparganium chlorocarpum Rydberg; Sparganium chlorocarpum Rydberg var. acaule (Beeby) Fernald; Sparganium coreanum H. Léveillé; Sparganium emersum Rehmann; Sparganium emersum Rehmann subsp. acaule (Beeby ex Macoun) C. D. K. Cook & M. S. Nicholls; Sparganium erectum L. subsp. polyedrum (Ascherson & Graebner) Schinz & Thellung; Sparganium erectum L. subsp. stoloniferum (Buchanan-Hamilton ex Graebner) C. D. K. Cook & M. S. Nicholls; Sparganium erectum L. subsp. stoloniferum (Buchanan-Hamilton ex Graebner) H. Hara; Sparganium erectum L. var. microcarpum (K. G. Neumann) Hiitonen; Sparganium erectum L. var. oocarpum Čelakovský; Sparganium eurycarpum Engelmann ex A. Gray; Sparganium eurycarpum Engelmann ex A. Gray var. greenei (Morong) Graebner; Sparganium greenei Morong; Sparganium neglectum Beeby; Sparganium polyedrum (Ascherson & Graebner) Juzepczuk; Sparganium ramosum Hudson; Sparganium ramosum Hudson var. microcarpum (K. G. Neumann) Hiitonen; Sparganium ramosum Hudson var. polyedrum (Ascherson & Graebner) Holmberg; Sparganium stoloniferum Buchanan-Hamilton ex Graebner; Sparganium stoloniferum Buchanan-Hamilton ex Graebner var. coreanum (H. Léveillé) H. Hara
Common name (Japanese common name) mikuri (ミクリ, 実栗 [meaning: maron fruits])
(English common name) bur-reed, knop-sedge, seggs
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Eurasia, Northern Africa, Canada, USA, Mexico
Habitat Swamp
Chromosomal number 2n=30
Description Plants 50-100cm tall. Leaves 8-14mm wide. Flowers flowering in June to August. Perennial plants.
Reference Sparganium erectum L.
Sparganium eurycarpum Engelmann
Sparganium erectum L.
Mycoherbicidal delivery compositions, preparation and methods for controlling aquatic weeds (US Patent 5945099/1998)
Process for purification of waste waters and contaminant spills based on the use of cultivated emergent macrophytes converted into floating cultures (US Patent 6322699/2001)
Herbicidal compositions with substituted phenylsulfonylureas for controlling weeds in rice (US Patent 6492301/2002)



July 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
July 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
July 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden



July 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
July 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
July 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden