Broad Leaf Arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia)

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Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences:	In Water Wet
Plant Height:	1 to 3 feet (30-100 cm)
Flowers:	Showy
Flower Color:	White
Flower Time:	Summer Late summer or early fall Fall
Underground structures:	Corm
Uses:	Water gardens Will Naturalize
Edible Parts:	Roots Fruit
Eating Methods:	Raw Cooked
Propagation: Other methods:	Division Stolons and runners Offsets
Pollinators:	Various insects

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Posted by mellielong (Lutz, Florida - Zone 9b) on Apr 17, 2015 11:23 PM concerning plant:

The book "How to Know the Wildflowers" (1922) by Mrs William Starr Dana uses the synonym Sagittaria variabilis. She remarks that "among our water-flowers none are more delicately lovely than those of the arrow-head". However, she gets a little sexist, proclaiming that it is fortunate the "ugly and inconspicuous female flowers grow on the lower whorls, while the male ones, with their snowy petals and golden centers, are arranged about the upper part of the scape."

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Posted by bonitin (Ghent, Belgium - Zone 8a) on Apr 12, 2012 5:09 AM concerning plant:

Forms large colonies on very wet soil or shallow waters like at river- and lake sides, ponds etc..
Tubers are edible raw or cooked.

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Posted by KFredenburg (Black Hills, SD - Zone 5a) on Jun 16, 2020 6:25 PM concerning plant:

In mud, rhizomes produce starchy tubers, once an important source of food for Native Indians. Wapato is one of its Indian names; early settlers called it Duck Potato. The genus name (Sagittaria) comes from sagitta, which is Latin for "arrow", referring to the shape of the leaves of some species.

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