• Family : Butomaceae
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Butomaceae
• Synonym(s) : Butomus caesalpini Neck.; Butomus floridus Gaertn.; Butomus scutariensis Rohlena; Butomus umbellatus f. albiflorus F.Fromm; Butomus umbellatus f. submersus Glück; Butomus vulgaris Gueldenst.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Butomus umbellatus L.
• Common name : Flowering Rush
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Still or slow-moving water of lakes, ponds, and channels
• Comments / notes : The leaves are used in making mats and baskets. Baked rootstocks are used as substitute for bread
• Key identification features : Leaves twisted, 30-120 cm × 3-10 mm, apex acuminate. Scapes terete, ca. 70 cm; bracts ovate, apex acuminate. Flowers numerous; pedicels 4-10 cm. Sepals pinkish white, greenish outside along midvein. Petals pinkish white. Filaments flat-tened, broadened toward base. Styles curved. Seeds small.
• Flower, Fruit : May-July
• Distribution :
  • Kashmir : Kashmir
• Native : Afghanistan, China, India, Kashmir, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan; SW Asia, Europe
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Temperate and subtropical Eurasia.
• Literature : Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 1486
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Butomus umbellatus. Downloaded on 7 December 2023.

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