Sagittaria latifolia Willd.

ALISMATACEAE

- Water-plantain family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Name: Sagittaria latifolia Willd.

Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl. 4: 409 (1805)
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Broadleaf arrowhead

English name: common arrowhead

English name: duck-potato

French name: sagittaire latifoliée

Italian name: Sagittaria americana

German name: veränderliches Pfeilkraut

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial

Synonyms:
= Sagittaria chinensis Pursh
= Sagittaria engelmanniana J.G. Sm. ssp. longirostra (Micheli) Bogin
= Sagittaria esculenta Howell
= Sagittaria latifolia Willd. var. obtusa (Muhl. ex Willd.) Wiegand
= Sagittaria latifolia Willd. var. pubescens (Muhl. ex Nutt.) J.G. Sm.
= Sagittaria longirostra (Micheli) J.G. Sm.
= Sagittaria obtusa Muhl. ex Willd., non Thunb.
= Sagittaria ornithorhyncha Small
= Sagittaria planipes Fernald
= Sagittaria pubescens Muhl. ex Nutt.
= Sagittaria variabilis Engelm. var. obtusa (Muhl. ex Willd.) Engelm.
= Sagittaria viscosa C. Mohr

Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Sagittaria latifolia Willd. var. obtusa (Muhl. ex Willd.) Wiegand
2) Sagittaria latifolia Willd. var. pubescens (Muhl. ex Nutt.) J.G. Sm.

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Alismatidae
Order: Alismatales
Family: Alismataceae
Genus: Sagittaria
Species:

Page counter: 2253 ( AVG: 222.38 / 291.405 )

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Sagittaria latifolia
Flowering habit in loi at Kahakuloa, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Sagittaria latifolia
Habit in loi at Kahakuloa, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Sagittaria latifolia
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 100.

Sagittaria latifolia
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Sgonico, Giardino botanico Carsiana, TS, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Sagittaria latifolia
Robert H. Mohlenbrock USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. - Not copyrighted image

Sagittaria latifolia
Flowers in loi at Kahakuloa, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Sagittaria latifolia
Habit in canal at Kihei, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.

Sagittaria latifolia
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 99.

Sagittaria latifolia
Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906 - This image is in public domain because its copyright has expired.

Sagittaria latifolia
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 100.

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), USA+ (Puerto Rico), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK)

Distributional map for Sagittaria latifolia Willd.
Map for Sagittaria latifolia Willd.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
1) Sagittaria latifolia Willd. var. obtusa (Muhl. ex Willd.) Wiegand [142]
2) Sagittaria latifolia Willd. var. pubescens (Muhl. ex Nutt.) J.G. Sm. [150]
3) Sagittaria longiloba Engelm. ex J.G. Sm. [293]
4) Sagittaria longirostra auct. non (Micheli) J.G. Sm. [90]
5) Sagittaria macrocarpa J.G. Sm. [141]
6) Sagittaria montevidensis Cham. & Schltdl. var. spongiosa (Engelm.) B. Boivin [182]
7) Sagittaria rigida Pursh [476]
8) Sagittaria subulata (L.) Buchenau var. kurziana (Glück) Bogin [180]
9) Salicornia depressa Standl. [307]
10) Salicornia fruticosa (L.) L. [90]

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