Echinodorus cordifolius
creeping burhead, burhead, creeping burrhead, lance-leaf burhead, radican sword "giant mother plant", creeping water plantain, bur-head
Family
Alismataceae
Leaf Arrangement
alternate
Leaf Attachment
petiolate
Leaf Type
simple
Leaf Shape
ovate
Growth Form
forb, emergent aquatic, aquatic
Flower Color
white
Flower Petals
3
Flower Month
April - November
Height (meters)
1.2
Milky Sap
Yes
Armed/Unarmed
Unarmed
Origin
native
Lifespan
perennial
Wetland Class
OBL
Field Characters
Sepals with papilose ridges (veins). Scape erect when young but prostrate when mature. Achenes with crested toothed keel and ascending beak.
Habitat
Swamps, stream banks, ditches, mud, shallow water, ponds, quiet streams.