Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Sagittaria lancifolia var. media
FAMILY
Alismataceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sagittaria lancifolia ssp. media
FAMILY
Alismataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Sagittaria lancifolia ssp. media
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 027-03-008:
Sagittaria falcata FAMILY Alismataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Sagittaria falcata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sagittaria falcata
COMMON NAME:
Duck Potato
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Will Stuart wil_9580910235_ed319949b8
August Brunswick County NC
Retention pond
Upper flowers are staminate, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005).
Will Stuart wil_9581062135_b379bf52c9
August NC
North Carolina Botanical Garden
Leaves lanceolate to broadly ovate, emersed [rising out of water], per Flora of North America.
COMPARE
Arrowhead, Arum, Elephant's Ear and Pickerelweed
Will Stuart wil_9583692870_b
August Brunswick County NC
Retention pond
Flowers in whorls along the stem, the lower pistillate, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005).
COMPARE
aquatic plants
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Sagittaria lancifolia var. media
FAMILY
Alismataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sagittaria lancifolia ssp. media
FAMILY
Alismataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Sagittaria lancifolia ssp. media
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 027-03-008:
Sagittaria falcata
FAMILY
Alismataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Sagittaria falcata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sagittaria falcata