AlismataceaeW/C = Wild Collected |
Sagittaria graminea Michx.
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- Common Name: Grass Leaved Arrowhead
- Family: Alismataceae Vent.
- Country of Origin: eastern US and Canada, Cuba, naturalized in Panama Canal Zon
- Habitat: emersed annual or perennial often cormous herb
- Description: The corms of this perennial plant grow stems up to 3 ft (1 m) high. The above-water leaves vary from linear to oval, and rarely have lobes at the base. The erect flower spike bears 1/2 in (12 mm) white flowers with the females more obviously stalked. It occurs down the east coast of USA and Cuba, and has become naturalized in the Panama Canal.
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  Accession Data:- Accession # 199900051
- Source: Don Les ex ??
- Accession Date: 05-13-1999
- Bench: 2310 - Aquatics Pond
- Qty: 3 confirmed on 06-11-2008
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: monocots
- Order: Alismatales
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- Family: Alismataceae
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References:Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
Botanica, Turner & Wasson, 1997, CD-ROM Version
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