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Sagittaria spongiosa (Engelmann) Werier. clade: Calycina Group. Common name: Tidal Arrowhead. Phenology: May-Sep. Habitat: Tidal marshes and mud flats. Distribution: NB south to e. NC along the coast.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Werier & Kartesz (2013) clarified that the name S. spongiosa has priority over S. spatulata when the two are combined (as here) as a single taxon at species rank.

Synonymy ⓘ: = POWO, Werier & Gandhi (2023); Sagittaria calycina Engelm. var. spongiosa Engelm.; = Sagittaria spathulata (J.G. Sm.) Buchenau — K4, orthographic variant; = Sagittaria spatulata (J.G.Sm.) Buchenau — C, G, Va; > Lophotocarpus spongiosus (Engelm.) J.G.Sm. — F, Tat; < Sagittaria calycina Engelm. — Pa, RAB; > Sagittaria calycina Engelm. var. spongiosa Engelm.; > Sagittaria montevidensis Cham. & Schltdl. ssp. spongiosa (Engelm.) Bogin — AqW, Can, FNA22, NE, NS, NY, Bogin (1955), Keener (2005). Basionym: Sagittaria calycina Engelm. var. spongiosa Engelm. 1867

Links to other floras: > Sagittaria montevidensis ssp. spongiosa - FNA22

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