Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Sagittaria lancifolia var. media
FAMILY
Alismataceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Duck Potato from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sagittaria lancifolia ssp. media
FAMILY
Alismataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Sagittaria lancifolia ssp. media
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 027-03-008:
Sagittaria falcata
FAMILY
Alismataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Sagittaria falcata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Sagittaria falcata
COMMON NAME:
Duck Potato
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_safa4_001_lvd
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Will Stuart wil_9580910235_ed319949b8
August Brunswick County NC
Retention pond
Upper flowers are staminate, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition.
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Will Stuart wil_9581062135_b379bf52c9
August NC
North Carolina Botanical Garden
Leaves lanceolate to broadly ovate, emersed [rising out of water], per Flora of North America.
COMPARE
leaves of Arrowhead, Arum, Elephant's Ear and Pickerelweed
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Will Stuart wil_9583692870_b
August Brunswick County NC
Retention pond
Flowers in whorls along the stem, the lower pistillate, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition.
COMPARE
aquatic plants
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Will Stuart wil_9583694602_c5420cf11a
August Brunswick County NC
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_s_lancifolia_media
October Dare County NC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Sagittaria lancifolia var. media
FAMILY
Alismataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sagittaria lancifolia ssp. media
FAMILY
Alismataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Sagittaria lancifolia ssp. media
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 027-03-008:
Sagittaria falcata
FAMILY
Alismataceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Sagittaria falcata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Sagittaria falcata
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Emergent aquatic (rooted); Forb
Perennial
Monoecious or polygamo-monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Coastal Plain
Look for it in freshwater to brackish (mesohaline) tidal marshes, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Aquatic
...Wet
...Moist
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
Leaf blade lanceolate to broadly ovate
Petioles 44–58cm long, terete
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes present (coarse); stolons absent; corms absent
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
Unisexual
3-merous
3 sepals
3 petals
Numerous stamens in staminate flowers
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to Aquatic Plants of Alabama p32
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p098
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p102?
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p003