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Photographer: Paul L. Redfearn, Jr.
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Family Alismataceae
Sagittaria brevirostra Mack. & Bush
midwestern arrow-head, short-beaked arrow-head
Sagittaria: from Latin sagitta, "arrow," because of the leaf shape
brevirostra: brevis for "short;" rostrum for "beak of bird" or "beak"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect or floating, perennial, emergent aquatic |
| Flower: | white, 3-parted, 1/2"-1 1/3" wide; inflorescence of 5-12 whorls of flowers with long bracts, stalk usually 1-angled and unbranched; most upper flowers male, lower female; blooms July-Oct. |
| Fruit: | dry, flattened and winged seed with an erect beak |
| Leaf: | arrow-shaped, long stalks corrugated in cross-section |
| Habitat: | shallow water, swamps, ponds |
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