Sagittaria brevirostra

Sagittaria brevirostra, common name Midwestern arrowhead[2] or shortbeak arrowhead,[3] is an aquatic plant species native to North America. It is common in wet places in an area stretching from Michigan and Ohio south to Alabama and west to North Dakota, Colorado and northern New Mexico, plus isolated populations in Maryland, New Brunswick, Virginia, Saskatchewan and California (Marin County).[2][4][5][3]

Sagittaria brevirostra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Alismataceae
Genus: Sagittaria
Species:
S. brevirostra
Binomial name
Sagittaria brevirostra
Synonyms[1]
  • Sagittaria engelmanniana subsp. brevirostra (Mack. & Bush) Bogin

Sagittaria brevirostra grows in shallow water along the edges of ponds, swamps and waterways. It is a perennial herb up to 70 cm tall, with arrow-shaped leaves and white flowers.[2][6][7][8]

References
  1. The Plant List, Sagittaria brevirostra
  2. "Sagittaria brevirostra in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
  3. "Sagittaria brevisrostra". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  4. Biota of North America Program, Sagittaria brevirostra Image
  5. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". apps.kew.org. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
  6. Kenneth Kent Mackenzie & Benjamin Franklin Bush. 1905. Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden 16: 102–103. Sagittaria brevirostra (
  7. Bogin, Clifford. 1955. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 9(2): 224, Sagittaria engelmanniana subsp. brevirostra
  8. Great Plains Flora Association. 1986. Flora of the Great Plains i–vii, 1–1392. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence.
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