Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Sagittaria platyphylla
Sagittaria platyphylla (Engelm.) J.G. Sm.
Delta Arrowhead
Alismataceae (Water-Plantain Family)
USDA Symbol: SAPLUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
Specimen & Label Data
Sagittaria platyphylla
Delta Arrowhead
Alismataceae
Location: 30 m south of the wooden bridge--Oakwell Farms.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: In mud/sluggish water. Full sun. Alkaline flood plain.
Description: Aquatic, erect, perennial. Leaves higher than scape, mostly lanceolate, 8 x 15 cm wide/long, on long petioles. Scape simple, whorls 1-8, lower 1-4 pistillate w/thick pedicels to 25 mm long. Staminate flowers uppermost. Petals 4, white. Fruit not present.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Jul 11, 1987
Specimen number: 262
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0518
Accession Date: Aug 24, 1993
Accession Number: 40
Annotations: SCFR