Butomus umbellatus
Butomus umbellatus
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Stem 40-150 cm, 3-15 mm thick at base, usually overtopping leaves. Leaves 3-9 mm broad, slightly twisted, acuminate at apex, almost triangular in transverse section. Umbel 10-30-flowered, longest pedicels to 10 cm. Sepals slightly shorter than petals, acute, greenish to purple on back. Petals white with purplish veins, 8-16 x 6-8 mm, obovate, obtuse. Follicles c. 10 x 6 mm, style c. 2 mm, straight to slightly curved. Fl. 5-9. Lakes, ponds, ditches, swamps, in shallow water, s.l.-2300 m.
Temperate Eurasia, N.W. Africa,.W. Syria; naturalised in N. America. EuroSib. element.
