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Digital Herbaria

Sagittaria platyphylla

Sagittaria platyphylla (Engelm.) J.G. Sm.

Delta Arrowhead

Alismataceae (Water-Plantain Family)

USDA Symbol: SAPL
USDA Native Status: L48 (N)







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Specimen & Label Data

Sagittaria platyplhylla

Delta Arrowhead

Alismataceae

Location: W side Holbrook Rd, 200 m N of Rittiman Rd, San Antonio.
Latitude: 0.000000

Habitat: Full sun. In mud of shallow, slow moving, fresh water. Several dense colonies.

Description: Leaves overtopping scapes. Blades elliptic to lanceolate, unlobed, to 15 cm long, half as wide. Scape simple w/7-8 whorls, lower 1-4 pistillate w/pedicels to 25 mm, recurving in fruit. Fruiting heads to 15 mm dia. Petals white, not persistent.

County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Jun 24, 1994
Specimen number: 618

Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0904
Accession Date: Aug 23, 1994
Accession Number: 66

Annotations: SCFRB (In flower & fruit)

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