OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sagittaria graminea   FAMILY Alismataceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sagittaria graminea var. graminea   FAMILY Alismataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Sagittaria graminea

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22 (2000)

Sagittaria graminea ssp. graminea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Sagittaria graminea var. graminea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 027-03-004a:

Sagittaria graminea var. graminea   FAMILY Alismataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Sagittaria graminea var. graminea

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sagittaria cycloptera

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sagittaria graminea

 

COMMON NAME:
Grassleaf Arrowhead, Grassy Arrowhead


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image of Sagittaria graminea, Grassleaf Arrowhead, Grassy Arrowhead

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_saea3_001_lvd

        

image of Sagittaria graminea, Grassleaf Arrowhead, Grassy Arrowhead

Keith Bradley    kab_s_graminea_chap_06350

March    Collier County    FL

Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park

Flowers to 2.3 cm diameter; filaments shorter than anthers, per Flora of North America.


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sagittaria graminea   FAMILY Alismataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sagittaria graminea var. graminea   FAMILY Alismataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sagittaria graminea

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22
Sagittaria graminea ssp. graminea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sagittaria graminea var. graminea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 027-03-004a:
Sagittaria graminea var. graminea   FAMILY Alismataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Sagittaria graminea var. graminea

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sagittaria cycloptera

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sagittaria graminea

 

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2995

Emergent aquatic that also has submerged leaves (rooted); Forb
Perennial
Monoecious or polygamo-monoecious

Habitat: marshes, ponds, freshwater and oligohaline tidal marshes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
Blades of emersed leaves linear to linear-oblanceolate; submersed leaves phyllodial
Petioles of emersed leaves 6.5-17cm long, triangular

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes present (coarse); stolons absent; corms absent

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
3-merous
3 sepals
3 petals
Numerous stamens in staminate flowers
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Inflorescence a raceme

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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