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Genus: Helanthium — burhead

Our species of Helanthium used to be placed in the genus Echinodorus. Reference: Lehtonen and Myllys (2008).

Leaves: Helanthium tenellum. ~ By CONN Herbarium. ~ Copyright © 2025 CONN Herbarium. ~ Requests for image use not currently accepted by copyright holder ~ U. of Connecticut Herbarium - bgbaseserver.eeb.uconn.edu/
Plant form: Helanthium tenellum. ~ By Julian A. Steyermark. ~ Copyright © 2025. ~ Allison Brock, Allison.Brock[at]mobot.org ~ Steyermark, Julian A. 1963. The Flora of Missouri. The Iowa State U. Press, Ames, IA. 1725pp.

Family

Alismataceae (water-plantain family)

This genus’s species in New England

Visit this genus in the Dichotomous Key