OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sagittaria australis   FAMILY Alismataceae

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

Sagittaria australis

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)

Sagittaria australis

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

Sagittaria australis

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

Sagittaria australis

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 027-03-011:

Sagittaria longirostra   FAMILY Alismataceae

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

Sagittaria engelmanniana ssp. longirostra

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

Sagittaria australis

 

COMMON NAME:
Appalachian Arrowhead, Southern Arrowhead, Longbeak Arrowhead


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Becky Dill    gly_sagittaria_australis0

August    Anson County    NC

Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge

Inflorescence unbranched; bracts of the inflorescence papery, acuminate at the tip, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Sagittaria australis, Appalachian Arrowhead, Southern Arrowhead, Longbeak Arrowhead

Becky Dill    gly_sagittaria_australis1

August    Anson County    NC

Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge

image of Sagittaria australis, Appalachian Arrowhead, Southern Arrowhead, Longbeak Arrowhead

Becky Dill    gly_sagittaria_australis2

August    Anson County    NC

Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge

Leaves arrowhead-shaped with broad basal lobes, 4-10" long, smooth, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).


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Becky Dill    gly_sagittaria_australis3

August    Anson County    NC

Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge

Petiole sharply 5-wing-angled in cross-section, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Sagittaria australis, Appalachian Arrowhead, Southern Arrowhead, Longbeak Arrowhead

Becky Dill    gly_sagittaria_australis4

August    Anson County    NC

Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge

image of Sagittaria australis, Appalachian Arrowhead, Southern Arrowhead, Longbeak Arrowhead

Becky Dill    gly_sagittaria_australis5

August    Anson County    NC

Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge

Flowers subtended by bracts that are longer than the pedicels (vs. shorter in S. latifolia), per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sagittaria australis   FAMILY Alismataceae

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Sagittaria australis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22
Sagittaria australis

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 027-03-011:
Sagittaria longirostra   FAMILY Alismataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Sagittaria engelmanniana ssp. longirostra

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

 

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3177

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

Habitat: marshes, swamps, rivershores, backwaters, margins of ponds and lakes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
Leaf blade sagittate
Petioles 19–85cm long, 5-winged

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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