Scientific Name: Sagittaria latifolia
Common Name: Wapato, arrowhead, duck potato
Family Name: Alismataceae
Origin: North America
Hardiness Zone: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C)
Plant Type: Aquatic plant
Mature Size: 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width)
Habit: Upright
Form: Irregular, Vase
Texture: Very coarse
Landscape Uses: Aquatic - ponds, Wetland - bogs
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Bog
Leaves: Simple, Basal, Soft flexible, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Deltoid, Other, Entire
Flowers: Raceme, White, Jun
Fruit: Aggregate fruit, Achene, Brown, Jul-Aug
Key ID Features:
Perennial aquatic or semi-aquatic herb; leaves arrow shaped 5-25cm long; florets with 3 white petals, 1-2cm long form in early summer on racemes with peduncles that are triangular in c.s.