Sagittaria brevirostra
| Midwestern arrowhead Shortbeak arrowhead | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Alismataceae |
| Genus: | Sagittaria |
| Species: | S. brevirostra |
| Binomial name | |
| Sagittaria brevirostra Mack. & Bush | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Sagittaria brevirostra, common name Midwestern arrowhead[2] or shortbeak arrowhead,[3] is an aquatic plant species native to North America. It is common in wet places in an area stretching from Michigan and Ohio south to Alabama and west to North Dakota, Colorado and northern New Mexico, plus isolated populations in Maryland, New Brunswick, Virginia, Saskatchewan and California (Marin County).[2][4][5][3]
Sagittaria brevirostra grows in shallow water along the edges of ponds, swamps and waterways. It is a perennial herb up to 70 cm tall, with arrow-shaped leaves and white flowers.[2][6][7][8]
References
- ↑ The Plant List, Sagittaria brevirostra
- 1 2 3 Flora of North America v 22, Sagittaria brevirostra
- 1 2 "Sagittaria brevisrostra". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program, Sagittaria brevirostra
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Sagittaria brevirostra
- ↑ Kenneth Kent Mackenzie & Benjamin Franklin Bush. 1905. Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden 16: 102–103. Sagittaria brevirostra (
- ↑ Bogin, Clifford. 1955. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 9(2): 224, Sagittaria engelmanniana subsp. brevirostra
- ↑ Great Plains Flora Association. 1986. Flora of the Great Plains i–vii, 1–1392. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence.
External links
- photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, lectotype of Sagittaria brevirostra, collected in Missouri in 1903
- Kansas Native Plants, Short Beak Arrowhead (Sagittaria brevirostra)
- Altervista, Sagittaria brevirostra
- Califlora taxon report
- Gardening Europe, Piantaggine d acqua Sagittaria brevirostra Mackenzie & Bush
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