Sagittaria latifolia Willdenow var. pubescens (Muhlenberg ex Nuttall) J.G. Smith. clade: Sagittifolia Group. Common name: Common Arrowhead, Broadleaf Arrowhead. Phenology: Jul-Oct. Habitat: Bogs, marshes. Distribution: C. PA, OH, and TN, south to n. FL and e. LA, centered in the Appalachians.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: The taxonomic recognition of var. pubescens and var. latifolia as taxonomic entities at variety or species rank has been controversial, with most floras in recent decades dismissing them as trivial phenotypic variation.
Synonymy ⓘ: = AqW, C, F, G, GW1, Pa, RAB, Tx, W, Bogin (1955); = Sagittaria pubescens Muhl. ex Nutt. — S, S13, Tat, WV, (basionym); < Sagittaria latifolia Willd. — FNA22, Il, K4, NE, SFla, Va, WH3, Keener (2005)
Links to other floras: < Sagittaria latifolia - FNA22
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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native range: eastern United States