Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sagittaria subulata
FAMILY
Alismataceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sagittaria subulata
FAMILY
Alismataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sagittaria subulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22 (2000)
Sagittaria subulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sagittaria subulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 027-03-003:
Sagittaria subulata var. subulata FAMILY Alismataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Sagittaria subulata var. subulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sagittaria subulata
COMMON NAME:
Dwarf Arrowhead, Awl-leaf Arrowhead
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_sasu_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sagittaria subulata
FAMILY
Alismataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sagittaria subulata
FAMILY
Alismataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sagittaria subulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22
Sagittaria subulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sagittaria subulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 027-03-003:
Sagittaria subulata var. subulata
FAMILY
Alismataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Sagittaria subulata var. subulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sagittaria subulata
4493
Aquatic with submersed phyllodial leaves (rooted); Forb
Perennial
Monoecious or polygamo-monoecious
Habitat: Tidal marshes and mud flats, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
(all leaves phyllodial???)
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes absent; stolons present; corms present
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
3-merous
3 sepals
3 petals
Numerous stamens in staminate flowers
Superior ovary
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Achene
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