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Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
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Family Alismataceae
Sagittaria cuneata E.Sheld.
arum-leaved arrow-head, northern arrow-head, wapato
Sagittaria: from Latin sagitta, "arrow," because of the leaf shape
cuneata: wedge-shaped
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect or floating, perennial, 4"-24" tall, emergent aquatic |
| Flower: | white, 3-parted, 1/4"-3/4" wide; inflorescence of 2-10 whorls of flowers, 1 to many stalks either erect or bending and often branched; blooms July-Sept. |
| Fruit: | dry, flattened, winged seed with a small, upright beak |
| Leaf: | long-stalked, arrow-shaped to long and narrow, lower lobes usually much shorter than the top lobe |
| Habitat: | ponds, marshes; in muddy soil |
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