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Sagittaria cristata
Crested arrowhead is a perennial aquatic herb native to the Great Lakes region of North America, growing up to 75 cm tall with narrow, unlobed leaves and white flowers. It thrives in shallow water or very wet soil at the edges of ponds, streams and marshes.
Sagittaria cristata, the crested arrowhead, is a perennial herb growing up to 75 centimetres (30 inches) tall. The leaves are flat, long and narrow, not lobed, and up to 40 cm (16 in) long. The flowers are white.
The species is native to Ontario and north-central United States (Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Michigan). It grows in shallow water along the edges of lakes, streams and marshes.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sagittaria cristata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
