OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sagittaria latifolia +   FAMILY Alismataceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sagittaria latifolia   FAMILY Alismataceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Sagittaria latifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22 (2000)

Sagittaria latifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Sagittaria latifolia

VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 027-03-009:

Sagittaria latifolia +   FAMILY Alismataceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Broadleaf Arrowhead, Duck Potato, Common Arrowhead


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_sala2_001_lvd

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_sapu10_001_lvd

        

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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_027

        

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JK Marlow    s070428_ab

April    Greenville County    SC

Creekside/Riverside

Leaves palmately veined; leaf bases with long pointed lobes , per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).


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JK Marlow    jkm060617_001

June    Greenville County    SC

Creekside/Riverside

The leaves vary from broadly to very narrowly arrow-shaped, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).

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JK Marlow    jkm080611_032

June    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

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JK Marlow    jkm080611_037

June    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

image of Sagittaria latifolia +, Broadleaf Arrowhead, Duck Potato, Common Arrowhead

JK Marlow    jkm060702_003

July    Greenville County    SC

Creekside/Riverside

image of Sagittaria latifolia +, Broadleaf Arrowhead, Duck Potato, Common Arrowhead

Bobbie L Holt    blh1294_a

August    Anderson County    SC

Carolina Wild Native Plant Nursery

image of Sagittaria latifolia +, Broadleaf Arrowhead, Duck Potato, Common Arrowhead

JK Marlow    jkm060826_023

August    Greenville County    SC

Creekside/Riverside

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JK Marlow    jkm060826_025

August    Greenville County    SC

Creekside/Riverside

Spreads vegetatively, w single large individuals having more than 100 shoots, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).

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JK Marlow    jkm130823_517

August    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Slender, ascending pedicels 1" or more long, longer than subtending bracts, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm130823_525

August    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Showy white flowers with 3 petals, the lower flowers usually female, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).


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JK Marlow    jkm130913_274

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Fruit a beaked achene clustered in heads, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).

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JK Marlow    jkm130913_275

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

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JK Marlow    jkm130913_280

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Leaf blades of S. latifolia var. pubescens are rather densely fine-pubescent, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

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Steve Marlow    snm090912_1975

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Flowers in whorls of 3 flowers each on erect scapes, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sagittaria latifolia +   FAMILY Alismataceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sagittaria latifolia   FAMILY Alismataceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sagittaria latifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22
Sagittaria latifolia

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sagittaria latifolia

VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 027-03-009:
Sagittaria latifolia +   FAMILY Alismataceae

 

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Emergent aquatic (rooted); Forb
Perennial
Monoecious or polygamo-monoecious

Look for it in bogs, marshes, and - in the case of var. latifolia - swamps, farm ponds, ditches, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (var. pubescens is uncommon in GA Piedmont & NC Coastal Plain and rare in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
Leaf blade sagittate, rarely hastate
Petioles 6.5–51cm long, triangular, erect to ascending

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes absent; stolons present; corms present

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
3-merous
3 sepals
3 petals
Numerous stamens in staminate flowers
Superior ovary
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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