Sagittaria spathulata (J.G.Sm.) Buchenau
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Alismataceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Species Description - Annual(?), mostly submersed at high tide, emersed or stranded at low tide, the rare, permanently emersed lvs sagittate with short basal lobes, the more characteristic lvs modified into narrow phyllodia 4–18 × 0.5–1 cm, the free end often spatulate and to 1.5 cm wide; petioles and scapes terete; scape thick but weak, to 1 dm, with 1–2(3) whorls of fls or only a solitary fl; bracts ovate, obtuse, scarious, 2–5 mm; lower (or all) fls perfect; sep 3–5 mm, oblong-orbicular, appressed to the fruiting head; pet ovate, 4–5 mm; stamens ca 12, with linear, glabrous filament; fruiting pedicels recurved; achenes 1.5–2 mm, narrowly winged on the margins, the oblique to horizontal beak ca half as long as the width of the body; 2n=22. Brackish to nearly fresh tidal waters and salt marshes; N.B. and adj. Que. to N.C. July–Sept. (S. montevidensis var. spongiosa; Lophotocarpus spathulatus; L. spongiosus)
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Common Names
tidal sagittaria