Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sagittaria fasciculata
FAMILY
Alismataceae
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Learn more about Bunched Arrowhead from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sagittaria fasciculata
FAMILY
Alismataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sagittaria fasciculata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22 (2000)
Sagittaria fasciculata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sagittaria fasciculata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 027-03-005:
Sagittaria fasciculata FAMILY Alismataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sagittaria macrocarpa
COMMON NAME:
Bunched Arrowhead
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JK Marlow jkm0503b_09
March Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210406_9178
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210426_9805
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm250426_0031
April Greenville County SC
Gateway Elementary School Nature Trail
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JK Marlow jkm0405q_08
May Greenville County SC
Bunched Arrowhead Heritage Preserve
Flowers usually in 2-4 whorls of 3, upper usually staminate, lower pistillate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
aquatic plants
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JK Marlow jkm210507_0062
May Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Leaves of this Arrowhead are spatulate, consistently lacking basal lobes, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
COMPARE
Arrowhead, Arum, Elephant's Ear and Pickerelweed
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JK Marlow jkm210507_0081
May Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210507_0090
May Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210507_0090b
May Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Long parallel veins run almost the entire length of the leaf, per Bunched arrowhead.
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JK Marlow jkm210507_0094
May Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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Ben Geer Keys bgk1293_a
May-June?
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JK Marlow jkm230619_4113
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Fruiting heads 0.5-1.5cm broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm230619_4115
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sagittaria fasciculata
FAMILY
Alismataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sagittaria fasciculata
FAMILY
Alismataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sagittaria fasciculata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22
Sagittaria fasciculata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sagittaria fasciculata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 027-03-005:
Sagittaria fasciculata
FAMILY
Alismataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sagittaria macrocarpa
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Emergent aquatic that also has submerged leaves (rooted); Forb
Perennial
Monoecious or polygamo-monoecious
Habitat: bogs, ditches adjacent to drained bogs, wooded seepage areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas
Rare, endemic to a several-county area in sw. NC & nw. SC
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
Blades of emersed leaves lanceolate, narrowly spatulate, > 5 mm wide
Petioles of emersed leaves 3–25cm long, nearly terete
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes absent; stolons present; corms present
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
3-merous
3 sepals
3 petals
Numerous stamens in staminate flowers
Superior ovary
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p219
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p279
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p002
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p277
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