OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sagittaria subulata   FAMILY Alismataceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sagittaria subulata   FAMILY Alismataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Sagittaria subulata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22 (2000)

Sagittaria subulata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Sagittaria subulata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 027-03-003:

Sagittaria subulata var. subulata   FAMILY Alismataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Sagittaria subulata var. subulata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sagittaria subulata

 

COMMON NAME:
Dwarf Arrowhead, Awl-leaf Arrowhead


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image of Sagittaria subulata, Dwarf Arrowhead, Awl-leaf Arrowhead

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_sasu_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sagittaria subulata   FAMILY Alismataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sagittaria subulata   FAMILY Alismataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sagittaria subulata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22
Sagittaria subulata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sagittaria subulata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 027-03-003:
Sagittaria subulata var. subulata   FAMILY Alismataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Sagittaria subulata var. subulata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sagittaria subulata

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4493

Aquatic with submersed phyllodial leaves (rooted); Forb
Perennial
Monoecious or polygamo-monoecious

Habitat: Tidal marshes and mud flats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
(all leaves phyllodial???)

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes absent; stolons present; corms present

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
3-merous
3 sepals
3 petals
Numerous stamens in staminate flowers
Superior ovary
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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