Sagittaria rigida

Sagittaria rigida, the sessilefruit arrowhead[2] or Canadian arrowhead,[3] is an aquatic plant species native to Canada and to the United States and also naturalized in Great Britain. It grows in shallow waters along the edges of ponds and streams. What is really interesting is that it has narrow oval leaves rather than the iconic arrowhead shaped leaves of species like the Sagittaria latifolia. it has sessile female flowers, which is where it gets its name from. Its flowers are very similar to other plants in the Sagittaria family, with three white petals. It grows "potato" like tubers which can be eaten. Gathering any tubers from the Sagittaria family can be dangerous if gathered from polluted water.[4][5]

Sagittaria rigida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Alismataceae
Genus: Sagittaria
Species:
S. rigida
Binomial name
Sagittaria rigida
Synonyms[1]
  • Sagitta rigida (Pursh) Nieuwl.
  • Sagittaria sagittifolia var. rigida (Pursh) Torr.

References
  1. The Plant List
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Sagittaria rigida". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  3. BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  4. "Sagittaria rigida in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
  5. Frederick, Pursh (1814-01-01). "Flora Americae Septentrionalis;". v.2 (1814). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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