Blooms: July-September
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades in Washington; Vancouver Island, British Columbia south to central California; primary distribution in central and eastern North America.
Habitat: Ditches, ponds, lakes, swampy areas.
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades in Washington; Vancouver Island, British Columbia south to central California; primary distribution in central and eastern North America.
Habitat: Ditches, ponds, lakes, swampy areas.
Species Description:
General: Aquatic, scapose, tuber-bearing perennials from strong rhizomes, the scapes up to 5 dm. long.
Leaves: Leaves mostly emersed, but often submerged and the blades floating; blades sagittate or hastate, up to 2.5 dm. long and nearly as broad; submerged leaves sometimes bladeless and greatly elongate, 4-10 mm. broad.
Flowers: Flowers in 2-8 whorles of 3 in bracteate racemes, the bracts 5-10 mm. long, blunt, hooded; pedicles 1-5 cm. long, ascending, in both the pistillate flowers (lower whorles) and staminate flowers.(upper whorles), or the plants sometimes monoecious; sepals 3, 5-10 mm. long, persistent; petals 3, white, twice as long as the sepals; stamens more than 20; pistils many on a globose receptacle.
Fruits: Achenes 2.5-4 mm. long, winged, with a stylar beak strongly up-turned, 0.5-1.5 mm. long.
General: Aquatic, scapose, tuber-bearing perennials from strong rhizomes, the scapes up to 5 dm. long.
Leaves: Leaves mostly emersed, but often submerged and the blades floating; blades sagittate or hastate, up to 2.5 dm. long and nearly as broad; submerged leaves sometimes bladeless and greatly elongate, 4-10 mm. broad.
Flowers: Flowers in 2-8 whorles of 3 in bracteate racemes, the bracts 5-10 mm. long, blunt, hooded; pedicles 1-5 cm. long, ascending, in both the pistillate flowers (lower whorles) and staminate flowers.(upper whorles), or the plants sometimes monoecious; sepals 3, 5-10 mm. long, persistent; petals 3, white, twice as long as the sepals; stamens more than 20; pistils many on a globose receptacle.
Fruits: Achenes 2.5-4 mm. long, winged, with a stylar beak strongly up-turned, 0.5-1.5 mm. long.
Accepted Name:
Sagittaria latifolia Willd.Synonyms:
(none)
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Sagittaria latifolia
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Sagittaria latifolia specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Sagittaria latifolia specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Sagittaria latifolia treatment.
E-Flora BC: Sagittaria latifolia atlas page.
CalPhotos: Sagittaria latifolia images.
USDA Plants Database: Sagittaria latifolia.
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