Sagittaria papillosa
Old World Arrowhead
Sagittaria sagittifolia
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- Botanical name
- Sagittaria sagittifolia
- Also known as
- Arrowhead, Old World Arrowhead
- Family
- Alismataceae
- Genus
- Sagittaria
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Old World Arrowhead
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Sagittaria sagittifolia but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Alisma sagittaria
Sagitta aquatica
Sagitta major
Sagitta palustris
Sagittaria acuminata
Sagittaria aquatica
Sagittaria aquatica var. minor
Sagittaria bulbosa
Sagittaria gigantea
Sagittaria heterophylla
Sagittaria lancifolia
Sagittaria minor
Sagittaria monoeca
Sagittaria sagittifolia f. obtusa
Sagittaria sagittifolia f. vallisneriifolia
Sagittaria sagittifolia f. xanthandra
Sagittaria sagittifolia subvar. butomoides
Sagittaria sagittifolia subvar. pumila
Sagittaria sagittifolia var. aequiloba
Sagittaria sagittifolia var. angustata
Sagittaria sagittifolia var. angustifolia
Sagittaria sagittifolia var. angustissima
Sagittaria sagittifolia var. arifolia
Sagittaria sagittifolia var. bollei
Sagittaria sagittifolia var. divaricata
Sagittaria sagittifolia var. heterophylla
Sagittaria sagittifolia var. minor
Sagittaria sagittifolia var. stratiotes
Sagittaria sagittifolia var. terrestris
Sagittaria sagittifolia var. vallisneriifolia
Sagittaria tenuior
Sagittaria vulgaris
Vallisneria bulbosa
Others in Sagittaria
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