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Sagittaria australis (J.G. Smith) Small. clade: Sagittifolia Group. Appalachian Arrowhead, Longbeak Arrowhead. Phen: Jun-Oct. Hab: Marshes, swamps, rivershores, backwaters, margins of ponds and lakes. Dist: NY west to s. IN and se. MO, south to SC, Panhandle FL, and MS.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = AqW, Ar, C, F, FNA22, Il, K1, K3, K4, Pa, S, S13, Va, W, WV, Beal, Wooten, & Kaul (1982), Keener (2005); = n/a – Tat; = Sagittaria engelmanniana J.G.Sm. ssp. longirostra – G, GW1, Bogin (1955), misapplied; = Sagittaria longirostra – RAB, misapplied; < Sagittaria australis (J.G.Sm.) Small – WH3

Links to other floras: = Sagittaria australis - FNA22

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
  • Midwest: OBL
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect, aquatic perennial of marshes, swamps, river shores, backwaters, margins of ponds and lakes.

Stems: Flowering stems (scapes) and leaves arising from underground stem and held above water surface.

Leaves: Leaves clustered basally on long, 5-angled petioles; arrowhead-shaped with broad basal lobes; 4-10 in. long; smooth.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in whorls of 3 along an erect, 6-angled scape; male and female flowers separate; white; about 1 in. wide; consisting of 3 spreading, rounded petals. Male flowers with bushy yellow stamens and female flowers with mounded, green compound ovary.

Fruits: Fruit a brown, compact cluster of beaked achenes.

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Height: 8-30 in.

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description: Erect, aquatic perennial of marshes, swamps, river shores, backwaters, margins of ponds and lakes.

stems: Flowering stems (scapes) and leaves arising from underground stem and held above water surface.

leaves: Leaves clustered basally on long, 5-angled petioles; arrowhead-shaped with broad basal lobes; 4-10 in. long; smooth.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in whorls of 3 along an erect, 6-angled scape; male and female flowers separate; white; about 1 in. wide; consisting of 3 spreading, rounded petals. Male flowers with bushy yellow stamens and female flowers with mounded, green compound ovary.

fruits: Fruit a brown, compact cluster of beaked achenes.

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