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Grass-leaved Arrowhead

(Sagittaria graminea)

Color Photograph: Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. U.S.D.A. Soil Conservation Service, West National Technical Center.

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

Sagittaria latifolia

The presence of all bladelike leaves will distinguish this species from Broad-leaved Arrowhead.

Sagittaria teres

The leaves of Slender Arrowhead lack the apical expansion of the leaf into an oar-shaped object and are completely thin and tubular.

Grass-leaved Arrowhead (Sagittaria graminea)

Identification: Aquatic. Flowers with three, large white petals. Flowers arranged in groups of three. Fruits stalked. Leaves all thin and bladelike with a oarlike expansion at the apex.

Distribution: Throughout most of eastern North America. Also occurs in the Great Plains states, Arizona and New Mexico, and in Washington.

Habitat: Grass-leaved Arrowhead is found in swamps in shallow water on both mud and sand.

Flowering period: June to October.

Grass-leaved Arrowhead (Sagittaria graminea)

Similar Species:

Broad-leaved Arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia)

Slender Arrowhead (Sagittaria teres)

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