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Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
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Family Alismataceae
Sagittaria graminea Michx. subsp. graminea
grass-leaved arrow-head, grass-leaved sagittaria
Sagittaria: from Latin sagitta, "arrow," because of the leaf shape
graminea: resembling grass, grassy
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect or floating, perennial, to 20" tall, emergent aquatic; from short, dense rhizomes |
| Flower: | white to pink, 3-parted, 1/3"-2/3" wide, each flower base has 3 partially-fused bracts; inflorescence of 2-12 whorls of flowers, with 1 to a few unbranched stalks; upper flowers male; the lower, stout-stalked flowers female; blooms July-Sept. |
| Fruit: | dry, stalked, flattened seed usually with a toothless wing with an angled, short beak  |
| Leaf: | flat, usually long and narrow, rarely arrow-shaped |
| Habitat: | swamps, shallow water, riverbanks; in muddy soil |
| Notes: | very similar to Sagittaria cristata Engelm. |
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