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Photographer: Derek Anderson
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Family Alismataceae
Sagittaria latifolia Willd.
broad-leaved arrow-head, common arrow-head, duck-potato, wapato
Sagittaria: from Latin sagitta, "arrow," because of the leaf shape
latifolia: Latin for "wide to broad leaves"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | mostly erect perennial, emergent aquatic 6"-48" tall; roots tuberous-tipped, edible rhizomes |
| Fruit: | dry, stalked, flattened, winged seed with a large right-angled beak at the top |
| Leaf: | mostly arrow-shaped when emergent, long and narrow under water |
| Habitat: | shallow water streams; in muddy soil |
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