Common Arrowhead
(Sagittaria latifolia)
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Growing habit: Coarse, amphibious or aquatic perennial herb, milky sap
Root/stem anatomy: Fibrous with slender rhizomes and terminal corms as overwintering structures
Leaves: From base, blades long-petioled, spongy-inflated below, orientation of basal lobes very variable
Reproduction: Raceme of up to 10 whorls, petals white
Reference: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice