Sparganium glomeratum(Laest. ex Beurl.) Beurl.

clustered bur-reed

WFO wfo-0000553944 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Sparganium glomeratum, photographed by Norma Malinowski
fig. a Norma Malinowski, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-06-18 / obs. 137273542
Sparganium glomeratum, photographed by Norma Malinowski
fig. b Norma Malinowski, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 137273563
Sparganium glomeratum, photographed by Norma Malinowski
fig. c Norma Malinowski, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 137273591

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Native range 39 botanical countries

Regions where Sparganium glomeratum is native: Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, China South-Central, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Primorye, Sakhalin, Tuva, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, Baltic States, Belarus, Central European Russia, East European Russia, Finland, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Sweden, Alberta, British Columbia, Labrador, Minnesota, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan, Wisconsin AltayAmurBuryatiyaChina South-CentralChitaInner MongoliaIrkutskJapanKamchatkaKhabarovskKrasnoyarskMagadanManchuriaMongoliaPrimoryeSakhalinTuvaWest SiberiaXinjiangYakutiyaBaltic StatesBelarusCentral European RussiaEast European RussiaFinlandNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNorwaySwedenAlbertaBritish ColumbiaLabradorMinnesotaOntarioQuébecSaskatchewanWisconsin Korea
Native distribution of Sparganium glomeratum, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Amur AMU
Buryatiya BRY
China South-Central CHC
Chita CTA
Inner Mongolia CHI
Irkutsk IRK
Japan JAP
Kamchatka KAM
Khabarovsk KHA
Korea KOR
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Kuril Is. KUR
Magadan MAG
Manchuria CHM
Mongolia MON
Primorye PRM
Sakhalin SAK
Tuva TVA
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX
Yakutiya YAK
Baltic States BLT EUROPE
Belarus BLR
Central European Russia RUC
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
Sweden SWE
Alberta ABT NORTHERN AMERICA
British Columbia BRC
Labrador LAB
Minnesota MIN
Ontario ONT
Québec QUE
Saskatchewan SAS
Wisconsin WIS

Not drawn on the map: Kuril Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 5 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Sparganium erectum var. glomeratum Laest. ex Beurl.
  • Sparganium glehnii Meinsh.
  • Sparganium glomeratum (Laest.) Neuman
  • Sparganium glomeratum var. angustifolium Graebn.
  • Sparganium manshuricum D.Yu

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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