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Sagittaria latifolia Willdenow var. latifolia. clade: Sagittifolia Group. Common name: Common Arrowhead, Broadleaf Arrowhead. Phenology: Jul-Oct. Habitat: Marshes, swamps, farm ponds, ditches, bogs. Distribution: NS west to BC, south to tropical America (rare in the Appalachian region).

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = AqW, C, G, GW1, Meso6, Mo1, Pa, Tx, W, Bogin (1955); = Sagittaria latifolia Willd. — WV; < Sagittaria latifolia Willd. — Ar, Can, ETx1, FNA22, Il, K4, Mi, NcTx, NE, NS, NY, Ok, POWO, SFla, Va, WH3, Keener (2005); > Sagittaria latifolia Willd. — S, S13, Tat; > Sagittaria latifolia Willd. var. latifolia — F, RAB; > Sagittaria latifolia Willd. var. obtusa (Engelm.) Wiegand — F, RAB; > Sagittaria longirostra (Micheli) J.G.Sm. — Tat; > Sagittaria ornithorhyncha Small — S; > Sagittaria planipes Fernald — F; > Sagittaria viscosa C.Mohr — S, S13; Sagittaria latifolia Willd. Basionym: Sagittaria latifolia Willd. 1805

Links to other floras: < Sagittaria latifolia - FNA22

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Midwest: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 7

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