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Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
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Family Alismataceae
Sagittaria cristata Engelm.
crested arrow-head
Sagittaria: from Latin sagitta, "arrow," because of the leaf shape
cristata: Latin for crested or comb-like
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect or floating, perennial, emergent aquatic |
| Flower: | white to pink, 3-parted, 1/3" wide; inflorescence of 2-12 whorls of flowers, usually upper flowers male, lower female; blooms July-Sept. |
| Fruit: | dry, flattened seed with toothed wings, beak 0.4-0.7mm long |
| Leaf: | flat, usually long and narrow and not arrow-shaped |
| Habitat: | swamps, shallow water; in muddy soil |
| Notes: | very similar to Sagittaria graminea Michx. subsp. graminea |
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