Sagittaria subulata

Sagittaria subulata, the awl-leaf arrowhead,[2] narrow-leaved arrowhead[3] or dwarf sagittaria, is an aquatic plant species.

Sagittaria subulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Alismataceae
Genus: Sagittaria
Species:
S. subulata
Binomial name
Sagittaria subulata
Synonyms[1]
  • Alisma subulatum L.
  • Sagittaria lorata (Chapm.) Small
  • Sagittaria natans var. lorata Chapm.
  • Sagittaria natans var. pusilla (Nutt.) Chapm.
  • Sagittaria pusilla Nutt.
  • Sagittaria subulata subsp. lorata (Chapm.) R.T.Clausen
  • Sagittaria subulata var. lorata (Chapm.) Fernald
  • Sagittaria subulata var. pusilla (Nutt.) Buchenau

Description

It is a perennial herb up to 40 centimetres (16 inches) tall. The leaves are submersed or floating, narrowly linear to ovate, not lobed. The inflorescence floats on the surface of the water.[4]

Distribution and habitat

It is native to the Colombia, Venezuela, and every US state along the coast from Massachusetts to Louisiana.[4][5] It has also been reported as naturalized in Great Britain on just three occasions; only one of these is recent and it appears to have become extinct by 2010. It is also recorded as a non-native on the Azores, and on the Island of Java in Indonesia.[6] It grows primarily in shallow brackish water along the seacoast, in marshes, estuaries, etc.

Conservation

It is listed as special concern in Connecticut,[7] as endangered in Massachusetts, as rare in Pennsylvania, and as historical in Rhode Island.[8]

References
  1. The Plant List, Sagittaria subulata
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Sagittaria subulata". 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 subulata in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
  5. Biota of North America Program map, Sagittaria subulata
  6. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Sagittaria subulata
  7. "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015". State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved 12 January 2018. (Note: This list is newer than the one used by plants.usda.gov and is more up-to-date.)
  8. "Plants Profile for Sagittaria subulata (arumleaf arrowhead)". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
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