Sagittaria brevirostra

Midwestern Arrowhead
Shortbeak arrowhead
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Alismataceae
Genus: Sagittaria
Species: S. brevirostra
Binomial name
Sagittaria brevirostra
Mack. & Bush
Synonyms[1]

Sagittaria engelmanniana subsp. brevirostra (Mack. & Bush) Bogin

Sagittaria brevirostra, common name Midwestern Arrowhead or Shortbeak arrowhead, is an aquatic plant species native to North America. It is common in wet places in an area stretching from Michigan and Ohio south to Alabama and west to North Dakota, Colorado and northern New Mexico, plus isolated populations in Maryland, New Brunswick, Virginia, Saskatchewan and California (Marin County).[2][3][4][5]

Sagittaria brevirostra grows in shallow water along the edges of ponds, swamps and waterways. It is a perennial herb up to 70 cm tall, with arrow-shaped leaves and white flowers.[2][6][7][8]

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Sagittaria brevirostra
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Flora of North America v 22, Sagittaria brevirostra
  3. ↑ Biota of North America Program, Sagittaria brevirostra
  4. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Sagittaria brevirostra
  5. ↑ United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Plants Profile, Sagittaria brevirostra
  6. ↑ Kenneth Kent Mackenzie & Benjamin Franklin Bush. 1905. Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden 16: 102–103. Sagittaria brevirostra (
  7. ↑ Bogin, Clifford. 1955. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 9(2): 224, Sagittaria engelmanniana subsp. brevirostra
  8. ↑ Great Plains Flora Association. 1986. Flora of the Great Plains i–vii, 1–1392. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence.

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