BURHEAD
Echinodorus berteroi
WATER PLANTAIN FAMILY (Alismataceae)
Identification
- Flowering time - July, August, September, October
- Rare to common, from year to year - in water on FF floodplain south of Gifford Road
- Aquatic plant with tiny 3-petaled flowers
- Large heart-shaped leaves
- Spiny round seed heads
This native annual aquatic plant grows up to 1 foot tall, with heart-shaped leaves on long stalks, usually erect, sometimes floating on water. The flowers have three white petals (B,C); they are arranged in whorls of 3-6 on triangular stalks above the leaves. The fruit is a spiny spherical head, first green (B) then brown (D).
Found in or near water on the floodplain at Fontenelle Forest. One year it was common in the pond south of Gifford Road, but this annual plant may be rare or absent in other years. It blooms in June and July.
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