Sagittaria australis

Appalachian Arrowhead
longbeak arrowhead
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Alismataceae
Genus: Sagittaria
Species: S. australis
Binomial name
Sagittaria australis
(J.G.Sm.) Small
Synonyms[1]
  • Sagittaria engelmanniana subsp. longirostra (Micheli) Bogin
  • Sagittaria longirostra var. australis J.G. Sm.

Sagittaria australis, the Appalachian Arrowhead or longbeak arrowhead, is a plant species native to much of the eastern part of the United States, from Louisiana to Iowa to New York State to Florida, mostly between New Jersey and Mississippi with scattered locations elsewhere in the range.

It is an emergent aquatic, growing in swamps and along the edges of lakes and ponds.[2][3] It is sometimes sold as an ornamental to be cultivated in aquaria or garden ponds.[4][5][6]

Sagittaria australis is a perennial herb up to 130 cm (50 inches) tall. It is unusual in genus in having a 5-winged petiole. Flowers are up to 3 cm (1.2 inches) in diameter, white, producing an achene with a recurved beak.[2][7][8]

References

  1. ↑ Tropicos
  2. 1 2 Flora of North America v 22
  3. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ↑ Wasserpflanzen Shop, Sagittaria australis 'Benni', Pfeilkraut 'Benni'
  5. ↑ Le Jardin du Pic Vert, Sagittaire 'Benni Silk Stocking', Sagittaria australis, Plante déphosphatante
  6. ↑ Water Plants Italy, Sagittaria australis ‘Benni'
  7. ↑ Small, John Kunkel. Flora of the Southeastern United States 45–46. 1903.
  8. ↑ Mohr, Charles Theodore. 1897. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 24(1): 20. Sagittaria longirostra var. australis
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