Freshwater
Arrowhead
Sagittaria sagittifolia
Alismataceae
Facts
Care
We have no care for this plant yet. If you know how it thrives, you can suggest it.
Range
Native
Lives wild in Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, and 18 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Sagittaria sagittifolia (also called arrowhead because of the shape of its leaves) is an Old World flowering plant in the family Alismataceae.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Alisma sagittaria
- Sagitta aquatica
- Sagitta palustris
- Sagittaria acuminata
- Sagittaria aquatica
- Sagittaria bulbosa
In other languages
- Pilblad
- Pilblad
- Almindelig Pilblad
- Pystykeiholehti
- Hawaii arrowhead
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