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. lancifolia   FAMILY Alismataceae   Go to FSUS key



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

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

Sagittaria lancifolia ssp. lancifolia

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

Sagittaria lancifolia ssp. lancifolia

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

Sagittaria lancifolia ssp. lancifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 027-03-007:

Sagittaria lancifolia   FAMILY Alismataceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sagittaria angustifolia

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sagittaria lancifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Bulltongue Arrowhead


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image of Sagittaria lancifolia var. lancifolia, Bulltongue Arrowhead

Keith Bradley    kab_s_lancifolia_75197

March    Monroe County    FL

Everglades National Park

Flowers to 3.3 cm diameter; filaments longer than anthers, per Flora of North America.


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

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

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

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 027-03-007:
Sagittaria lancifolia   FAMILY Alismataceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sagittaria angustifolia

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sagittaria lancifolia

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3575

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

Habitat: marshes, swamps, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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

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

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

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Achene

 

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