Sparganium subglobosumMorong

Burr-reedFloating Burr Reed

WFO wfo-0000554198 Accepted WFO 2026-06 6 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–f · 4 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 4 times, 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 subglobosum, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. a Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2021-12-27 / obs. 173813179
Sparganium subglobosum, photographed by Greg Tasney
fig. b Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 173813207
Sparganium subglobosum, photographed by nick_goldwater
fig. c nick_goldwater, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 55610988
Sparganium subglobosum, photographed by Valentin Kosterin
fig. d Valentin Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 150674840
Sparganium subglobosum, photographed by Valentin Kosterin
fig. e Valentin Kosterin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 150674876
Sparganium subglobosum, photographed by Halema J
fig. f Halema J, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192661581

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Native range 18 botanical countries

Regions where Sparganium subglobosum is native: Amur, China North-Central, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Manchuria, Nansei-shoto, Primorye, Assam, Myanmar, New Guinea, Vietnam, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Queensland, Victoria AmurChina North-CentralInner MongoliaJapanKhabarovskManchuriaPrimoryeAssamMyanmarNew GuineaVietnamNew South WalesNew Zealand NorthNew Zealand SouthQueenslandVictoria KoreaNansei-shoto
Native distribution of Sparganium subglobosum, 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
Amur AMU ASIA-TEMPERATE
China North-Central CHN
Inner Mongolia CHI
Japan JAP
Khabarovsk KHA
Korea KOR
Manchuria CHM
Nansei-shoto NNS
Primorye PRM
New South Wales NSW AUSTRALASIA
New Zealand North NZN
New Zealand South NZS
Queensland QLD
Victoria VIC
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Myanmar MYA
New Guinea NWG
Vietnam VIE

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 6 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 affine Schnitzl
  • Sparganium angustifolium R.Br.
  • Sparganium angustifolium var. latifolium Benth.
  • Sparganium antipodum Graebn.
  • Sparganium nipponicam Makino
  • Sparganium stenophyllum Maxim. ex Meinsh.

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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.