Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Sagittaria from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sagittaria engelmanniana
FAMILY
Alismataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sagittaria engelmanniana
FAMILY
Alismataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 027-03-010:
Sagittaria engelmanniana
FAMILY
Alismataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Sagittaria engelmanniana ssp. engelmanniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Sagittaria longirostra
COMMON NAME:
Engelmann's arrowhead
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_s_engelmanniana2b
July Scotland County NC
Leave typically narrowly sagittate, to 8" long, the lobes less than 1" wide, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
COMPARE
leaves of Arrowhead, Arum, Elephant's Ear and Pickerelweed
Bruce A. Sorrie bas_s_engelmanniana2c
July Scotland County NC
Flowers 18-25mm across, in 2-4 whorls, female below, male above, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.