OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Sagittaria subulata   FAMILY Alismataceae   Go to FSUS key


SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sagittaria subulata   FAMILY Alismataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

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 (10/20/20):
Sagittaria subulata   FAMILY Alismataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sagittaria subulata   FAMILY Alismataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
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

 

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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

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

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

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

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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