OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sagittaria lancifolia var. media   FAMILY Alismataceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sagittaria lancifolia ssp. media   FAMILY Alismataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Sagittaria lancifolia ssp. media

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22 (2000)

Sagittaria lancifolia ssp. media

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Sagittaria lancifolia ssp. media

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 027-03-008:

Sagittaria falcata   FAMILY Alismataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Sagittaria falcata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sagittaria falcata

 

COMMON NAME:
Scimitar Arrowhead, Bulltongue Arrowhead


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image of Sagittaria lancifolia var. media, Scimitar Arrowhead, Bulltongue Arrowhead

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_safa4_001_lvd

        

image of Sagittaria lancifolia var. media, Scimitar Arrowhead, Bulltongue Arrowhead

Sam Pratt    sbp_082923_3454

August    Berkeley County    SC

image of Sagittaria lancifolia var. media, Scimitar Arrowhead, Bulltongue Arrowhead

Will Stuart    wil_9580910235_ed319949b8

August    Brunswick County    NC

Retention pond

Upper flowers are staminate, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005).

image of Sagittaria lancifolia var. media, Scimitar Arrowhead, Bulltongue Arrowhead

Will Stuart    wil_9581062135_b379bf52c9

August        NC

North Carolina Botanical Garden

Leaves lanceolate to broadly ovate, emersed [rising out of the water], per Flora of North America.


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image of Sagittaria lancifolia var. media, Scimitar Arrowhead, Bulltongue Arrowhead

Will Stuart    wil_9583692870_b

August    Brunswick County    NC

Retention pond

Flowers in whorls along the stem, the lower pistillate, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005).


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image of Sagittaria lancifolia var. media, Scimitar Arrowhead, Bulltongue Arrowhead

Will Stuart    wil_9583694602_c5420cf11a

August    Brunswick County    NC

image of Sagittaria lancifolia var. media, Scimitar Arrowhead, Bulltongue Arrowhead

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_s_lancifolia_media

October    Dare County    NC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sagittaria lancifolia var. media   FAMILY Alismataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sagittaria lancifolia ssp. media   FAMILY Alismataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sagittaria lancifolia ssp. media

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22
Sagittaria lancifolia ssp. media

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sagittaria lancifolia ssp. media

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 027-03-008:
Sagittaria falcata   FAMILY Alismataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Sagittaria falcata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sagittaria falcata

 

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2859

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

Habitat: Freshwater to brackish (mesohaline) tidal marshes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
Leaf blade lanceolate to broadly ovate
Petioles 44–58cm long, terete

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes present (coarse); stolons absent; corms absent

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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