Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Alismataceae/Alismatacées - Water-Plantain Family
Sagittaria latifolia Willd.
En: broadleaf arrowhead, wapato, duck-potato, swamp potato
Fr: sagittaire à larges feuilles, sagittaire latifoliée
Provincial Status: N
Range: Temp. NA; N to sw/wNfld.; aq.

[=Sagitta latifolia (Willd.) Nieuwl.]
[=Sagittaria chinensis Pursh]
[=Sagittaria cuneata E.Sheld. var. latifolia (Willd.) Engelm.]
[=Sagittaria esculenta Howell]
[=Sagittaria gigantea Desm.]
[=Sagittaria gracilis Pursh]
[=Sagittaria hastata Pursh]
[=Sagittaria latifolia Willd. var. glabra Buchenau]
[=Sagittaria latifolia Willd. var. latifolia]
[=Sagittaria latifolia Willd. var. obtusa (Engelm.) Wiegand]
[=Sagittaria latifolia Willd. var. pubescens (Torr.) J.G.Sm.]
[=Sagittaria obtusa Muhl. ex Willd. 1805, nom. illeg. hom., non Thunb. 1784]
[=Sagittaria ornithorhyncha Small]
[=Sagittaria planipes Fernald]
[=Sagittaria pubescens Muhl., nom. inval., nom. nud.]
[=Sagittaria sagittifolia L. forma latifolia (Willd.) Britton]
[=Sagittaria sagittifolia L. var. gracilis (Pursh) Torr.]
[=Sagittaria sagittifolia L. var. hastata (Pursh) Torr.]
[=Sagittaria sagittifolia L. var. latifolia (Willd.) Muhl.]
[=Sagittaria sagittifolia L. var. macrophylla Hook.]
[=Sagittaria sagittifolia L. var. pubescens Torr.]
[=Sagittaria simplex Torr. 1826, nom. illeg. hom., non Pursh 1813]
[=Sagittaria variabilis Engelm.]
[=Sagittaria variabilis Engelm. ex A.Gray var. angustifolia Engelm.]
[=Sagittaria variabilis Engelm. ex A.Gray var. diversifolia Engelm.]
[=Sagittaria variabilis Engelm. ex A.Gray var. latifolia (Willd.) Engelm.]
[=Sagittaria variabilis Engelm. ex A.Gray var. obtusa Engelm.]
[=Sagittaria variabilis Engelm. ex A.Gray var. pubecens (Torr.) Engelm.]
[=Sagittaria variabilis Engelm. ex A.Gray var. sagittifolia Engelm.]
[=Sagittaria viscosa C.Mohr] [=Urospatha friedrichsthaliana Schott]
[=Urospatha grandis Schott]

[Sagittaria latifolia is known from muddy freshwater shores in wNfld. (Bouchard et al., 1991). Two early reports of Sagittaria latifolia are known from wNfld., I.J. Green collected a specimen in 1975 (SWGC) from the Humber River Bridge, Deer Lake, while H. Mann documented a Stephenville Crossing location in 1986 (H. Mann 1986). Tubers from plants at the Stephenville Crossing site were subsequently planted at Rapid Pond, and further dispersed in the greater Corner Brook area by the Trapper's Association to improve muskrat habitat (H. Mann 2007). The population of Sagittaria latifolia at the Humber River bridge is also still thriving.]

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