{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{more citations needed|date=November 2015}} {{Speciesbox | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{Cite iucn |title=''Sparganium erectum'' |author=Akhani, H. |name-list-style=amp |article-number= e.T164140A42413426 |date=2014 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T164140A42413426.en|access-date=2 August 2025}}</ref> |image = Vandens augalas01.JPG |image_caption = |genus = Sparganium |species = erectum |authority = L. }}

'''''Sparganium erectum''''', the '''simplestem bur-reed'''<ref>{{PLANTS|id=SPER|taxon=Sparganium erectum|accessdate=24 November 2015}}</ref> or '''branched bur-reed''', is a perennial plant species in the genus ''Sparganium''.

The larvae of the moth ''Plusia festucae'' feed on ''Sparganium erectum''. thumb|left|Fruits

Subspecies: * ''Sparganium erectum'' subsp. ''microcarpum'' (Neuman) Domin (synonym: ''Sparganium microcarpum'' (Neuman) Celak.)<ref name="worldfloraonline.org">{{cite web |title=Sparganium microcarpum (Neuman) Celak. |url=http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000553998 |website=www.worldfloraonline.org |access-date=14 February 2021}}</ref>

==References== {{Commons category|Sparganium erectum}} {{Reflist}}

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erectum Category:Flora of Europe Category:Flora of North Africa Category:Flora of temperate Asia Category:Plants described in 1753 Category:Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Poales-stub}}