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	Topics Sagittaria Topic Home *Sagittaria* is a genus of about 20 species of aquatic plantAquatic plant manideepaAquatic plants — also called hydrophytic plants or hydrophytes — are plants that have adapt... s whose members go by a variety of common names, including arrowhead, duck potato,iz-ze-kn, katniss, kuwai, swan potato, tule potato, and wapatoo. Several species bear tuberTuber Summary A tuber is a part of a rhizome thickened for use as a storage organ.... s edible as a starchStarch Starch is a complex carbohydrate which is insoluble in water; it is used by plants as a way to store excess glucose.... y root vegetableRoot vegetable Root vegetables are underground plant parts used as vegetables.... that are collected from the wild or cultivated as crops in North AmericaNorth America North America is a continent in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost fully in the western hemisphere.... and East AsiaEast Asia East Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms.... . Description Stock often stoloniferous and tuberiferous. LeavesLeaves Leaves are an Icelandic five-piece alternative rock band who came to prominence in 2002 with their debut album, Breathe,... aerial, floating or submerged. Flowers unisexual or polygamous, in umbela, racemes or panicles with female or hermaphrodite flowers at the base and male flowers above or occasionally with the flowers all male or all female. Stamens usually numerous. Carpels numerous, spirally arranged, free, each with 1 ovule; styles apical or subventral. FruitFruit The term fruit has different meanings depending on context.... lets achenial, laterally compressed, obliquely obovate, the margins winged, with apical or ventral beak. Probably due to introductions from the aquariumAquarium An aquarium is a vivarium, usually contained in a clear-sided container in which water-dwelling plants and animals are ke... trade, S. platyphylla (Engelm) G. E. Sm. is naturalized in at least one locality in N. Italy and S. subulata (L.) Buchenau in at least one locality in S. England. Several species are commonly grown in aquariums or in the pondPond A pond is a body of water smaller than a lake.... . They are found in all United States. 6"-10" inches long and a half an inch wide. Ecology Found in canals, ponds, ditches and slow rivers but is never abundant Species Sagittaria aginashi Makino Sagittaria cuneata E. P. Sheld. (Wapato, Arrowhead, Swamp Potato) Sagittaria fasciculataSagittaria fasciculata The bunched arrowhead is a plant found in wetlands.... (Bunched Arrowhead) Sagittaria graminea (Grassy Arrowhead) Sagittaria lancifolia L. (Bulltongue Arrowhead) Sagittaria latifoliaBroadleaf arrowhead The broadleaf arrowhead is a plant found in wetlands.... Willd. (Duck-potato, Broad Leaf Arrowhead) Sagittaria montevidensisSagittaria montevidensis Summary The California Arrowhead is a plant species found in shallow waters, native to the United States.... (California Arrowhead) Sagittaria platyphylla (Delta Arrowhead, Delta Duck-potato) Sagittaria rigida Pursh. (Canadian Arrowhead) Sagittaria sagittifolia L.Sagittaria sagittifolia *Sagittaria sagittifolia* is a flowering plant in the family Alismataceae, native to wetlands throughout the temperate reg... (Arrowhead) Sagittaria subulata L. Buch. (Narrow-leaved Arrowhead) Sagittaria trifolia L. External links