Jepson Interchange (more information)
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©Copyright 1993 by the Regents of the University of California
Print edition is available from the University of California Press |
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Perennial from long rhizomes, colonial, glabrous, generally aquatic (submersed to emergent), monoecious
Stem erect and stiff or submersed and floating above, cylindric, solid
Leaves basal and cauline, alternate, ± 2-ranked, spongy or stiff; sheath open; blade linear, flat, keeled, or triangular in X -section, spongy
Inflorescence spike-like (cylindric, dense) or head-like (spheric), terminal or axillary; staminate above pistillate, generally on same axis; flowers subtended by 1, minute bract
Staminate flower: perianth parts 0 or 1–6 and scale-like; stamens 1–8
Pistillate flower: perianth parts 0 or 1–6 and flattened; ovary 1, chambers 1–2(3), ovules 1–2(3)
Fruit: achene; wall thin, splitting in water
Genera in family: 2 genera, ± 25 species: worldwide. Sparganium formerly treated in Sparganiaceae. Family description and key to genera by R.F. Thorne.
Perennial from slender or corm-like rhizomes, glabrous, aquatic (submersed or emergent)
Stem slender, cylindric, solid; upper part erect or floating
Leaf: blade long, flat, keeled, or triangular, sometimes floating, spongy
Inflorescence head-like, spheric, axillary and terminal, sessile or short-peduncled; bracts leaf-like, gradually reduced upward; flowers sessile, each generally subtended by 1 bractlet
Staminate flower: perianth parts 1–6, scale-like; stamens 1–8, filaments free or fused at base
Pistillate flower: perianth parts 1–6, oblanceolate to spoon-like, greenish, persistent in fruit; ovary superior, chambers 1–2(3), ovule 1 per chamber, styles 1 or deeply 2(3)-lobed
Fruit fusiform to obconic, sessile or stalked; top tapered, truncate, or dome-like, beaked or not
Species in genus: 14 species: n temp, se Asia, sw Pacific
Etymology: (Greek: swaddling band, from long, narrow leaves)
Reference: [Cook & Nicholls 1986–7, Bot Helv 96:213–267;97:1–44]
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Plant generally emergent; rhizomes corm-like
Stem 2–10(15) dm, erect, ± stiff; branches below inflorescence 2–5
Leaf 5–15(35) dm, 10–20(28) mm wide, ± keeled
Staminate inflorescences 6–9, well separated
Pistillate inflorescences 1–3, generally 15–32 mm diam in fruit
Fruit 4–7 mm, 2.5–5 mm wide, obconic, irregularly creased, light brown to straw-colored, sessile; top low-conic or dome-like; beak 2–3(4) mm
Chromosomes: 2n=30
Ecology: Lakes, ponds, marshes
Elevation: < 850 m.
Bioregional distribution: North Coast, North Coast Ranges, n High Sierra Nevada, Great Central Valley, Central Coast, San Francisco Bay Area, Outer South Coast Ranges, South Coast, Peninsular Ranges, Modoc Plateau
Distribution outside California: Baja California; also in sw Asia, Australia
subsp. erectum in Eurasia
Synonyms: S. greenei Morong
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