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 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)