broad-leaved arrowhead |
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Sagittaria latifolia |
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| Taxonomy | Family: |
Alismataceae |
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| Nativity | Native |
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| Habitat | Ponds, marshes. |
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| Flowering | July to August |
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| Flower Color | White |
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| Identification | The leaves can be from 6 to 12 inches long. The basal lobes are long, half as long to as long as the terminal lobe. The beak on the fruit is spreading and is 1 to 2 millimeters. |
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| Similar Species |
Arum-leaved arrowhead (Sagittaria cuneata) leaves can be from 2 to 6 inches long. The basal lobes are short, less than half as long as the terminal lobe. The beak on the fruit is ascending to erect and is less than one-half millimeter. Sessile-fruited arrowhead (Sagittaria rigida) leaves are linear or elliptical, rarely arrow-shaped. |
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| Range |  |
Sources: 2, 3, 5, 7. | |||||
| Sightings |
Cedar Creek Natural History Area Hardscrabble Woods/MG Tusler |
Mound Spring Prairie SNA | |||||
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| Synonyms | Sagittaria engelmanniana ssp. longirostra Sagittaria esculenta Sagittaria latifolia var. latifolia Sagittaria latifolia var. obtusa Sagittaria latifolia var. pubescens Sagittaria longirostra Sagittaria obtusa Sagittaria ornithorhyncha Sagittaria planipes Sagittaria pubescens Sagittaria variabilis var. obtusa Sagittaria viscosa |
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| Common Names |
broad-leaved arrowhead common arrowhead duck-potato muskrat-potato wapato wapatoo |
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