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Butomus umbellatus
The plant is a rhizomatous, hairless, perennial aquatic plant. Its name is derived from Greek bous, meaning "cow", "ox" etc and tome, a cut (the verb 'temnein' meaning "to cut"), which refers to the plant's swordlike leaves. (Wikipedia) It has pink flowers. about 70-80 cm in hight
Eurasia and grows on the margins of still and slowly moving water down to a depth of about 3 m. Introduced into North America as an ornamental plant it has now become a serious invasive weed in the Great Lakes area
Spotted on Oct 13, 2011
Submitted on Dec 28, 2011
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Thanks Roma for the ID!
The Habitat of this plant is eutrophic and affected by Reed.
The latin name of this plant is "Butomus umbellatus" which grows either at still or slowly flowing waters.