Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sagittaria graminea
FAMILY
Alismataceae
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An often overlooked but very helpful character of Grassy Arrowhead is the thick and hard, short rhizome, absent in its relatives. Learn more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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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.
COMPARE aquatic plants
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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