Scientific Name:	Sagittaria latifolia
Pronunciation:	saj-ee-TAR-ee-uh lat-ih-FOE-lee-uh
Common Name:	arrowhead, duck potato, Wapato
Family Name:	Alismataceae
Plant Type:	Aquatic plant
Key ID Features:	Leaves arrow shaped; florets white in racemes with triangular peduncles in summer.
Course(s):	Level 2 Apprenticeship

Habit: Upright Form: Irregular, Vase Texture: Very coarse Mature Size: Height: 0.7 - 1.3m Spread: 0.6 - 1.0m Growth Rate: Fast Origin: North America Hardiness Rating: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 C) Exposure: Full sun Soil/ Growing Medium: Bog Water Use: High Landscape Uses: Aquatic - ponds, Wetland - bogs Additional Info: Google Images

Leaf Morphology: Form: Simple Arrangement: Basal Texture/ Venation: Parallel venation, Soft flexible Surfaces: Glabrous Colour in Summer: Green Colour in Fall: Yellow Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Deltoid, Other Apices: Acute Bases: Sagittate Margins: Entire

Inflorescence Type: Raceme Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 3 Corolla Shape: Rotate/stellate Ovary Position: Superior Colour (petals): Showy, White, (yellow stamens) Flower Time at Peak: Jun

Fruit Type: Achene, Aggregate fruit Fruit Colour: Fruiting Time: Jul, Aug Additional Info: flattened, each with a single burr

Bark or Stem Colour: Green     Organ Modifications: Tuberous roots

Propagation:	Division - below ground parts
Plant Care:
Light Level:	High indoor light level
Maintenance:	Medium
Pest Susceptibility:	Rodents
Specific Pests:	raccoons and muskrats eat the tubers

Location(s): (NCA) Not Currently Available : needed Location Map

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