Sagittaria lancifolia L.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Alismataceae

  • Scientific Name

    Sagittaria lancifolia L.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Monoecious, glabrous; scape rigid, erect, stout or rather slender, striate, branched or simple, longer than the leaves. Leaves lanceolate or oblonglanceolate, acute or acuminate at both ends, firm, entire, the blades 5-9-nerved, 0.2-0.4 m. long, gradually narrowed into the long petioles, apparently pinnately veined; flowers numerous, 1-2.5 cm. broad; bracts ovate or ovate-lanceolate, usually not united at the base, glabrous or nearly so, equalling or shorter than the fruiting pedicels; stamens numerous; filaments cobwebby-pubescent, equalling or longer than the anthers; achene narrowly obovate-cuneate, 2-3 mm. long, winged on both margins, its sides smooth, its beak tapering, oblique.

  • Distribution

    In fresh water or slightly brackish swamps and savannas. Xew Providence. Andros, Great Bahama : Southern United States to Argentina ; Jamaica ; Cuba to Barbadoes. Laxce-leaved Sagittaria.

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