Common Arrowhead

Sagittaria latifolia

Willd. Species

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Botanical name
Sagittaria latifolia
Also known as
Broad-Leaved Arrowhead, Broadleaf Arrowhead, Common Arrowhead, Duck Potato, Duck-Potato, Muskrat-Potato, Swamp Potato, Wapato
Family
Alismataceae
Genus
Sagittaria
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Common Arrowhead

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Sagittaria latifolia but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Sagitta latifolia Sagittaria engelmanniana subsp. longirostra Sagittaria esculenta Sagittaria gigantea Sagittaria gracilis Sagittaria hastata Sagittaria hastata var. gracilis Sagittaria latifolia f. diversifolia Sagittaria latifolia f. gracilis Sagittaria latifolia f. hastata Sagittaria latifolia f. latifolia Sagittaria latifolia f. obtusa Sagittaria latifolia var. glabra Sagittaria latifolia var. latifolia Sagittaria latifolia var. major Sagittaria latifolia var. obtusa Sagittaria latifolia var. pubescens Sagittaria longirostra Sagittaria obtusa Sagittaria ornithorhyncha Sagittaria planipes Sagittaria pubescens Sagittaria sagittifolia f. angustifolia Sagittaria sagittifolia f. gracilis Sagittaria sagittifolia f. hastata Sagittaria sagittifolia f. latifolia Sagittaria sagittifolia f. obtusa Sagittaria sagittifolia var. angustifolia Sagittaria sagittifolia var. gracilis Sagittaria sagittifolia var. hastata Sagittaria sagittifolia var. latifolia Sagittaria sagittifolia var. latifolia Sagittaria sagittifolia var. longirostra Sagittaria sagittifolia var. macrophylla Sagittaria sagittifolia var. pubescens Sagittaria sagittifolia var. pubescens Sagittaria sagittifolia var. variabilis Sagittaria sagittifolia var. vulgaris Sagittaria simplex Sagittaria variabilis Sagittaria variabilis f. angustifolia Sagittaria variabilis f. hastata Sagittaria variabilis f. obtusa Sagittaria variabilis var. angustifolia Sagittaria variabilis var. diversifolia Sagittaria variabilis var. echinocephala Sagittaria variabilis var. gracilis Sagittaria variabilis var. hastata Sagittaria variabilis var. latifolia Sagittaria variabilis var. obtusa Sagittaria variabilis var. pubescens Sagittaria variabilis var. sagittifolia Sagittaria viscosa Urospatha friedrichsthaliana Urospatha friedrichsthaliana

Others in Sagittaria

Sagittaria sprucei
Sagittaria fasciculata
Bunched Arrowhead
Sagittaria papillosa
Sagittaria planitiana
Sagittaria × lunata
Sagittaria cristata
Crested Arrowhead
Sagittaria demersa
Sagittaria engelmanniana
Engelmann's Arrowhead

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