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Sagittaria demersa
Chihuahuan arrowhead is an annual aquatic plant, usually found growing submerged in streams and lakes in north-central Mexico and northern New Mexico. It is grown mainly in ponds and aquariums, and it needs permanently wet, still or slow-moving water.
Sagittaria demersa, commonly called Chihuahuan arrowhead, is an annual aquatic plant growing up to 60 centimetres (24 inches) tall. The leaves are flat, very long and narrow, up to 55 cm (22 in) long but rarely more than 7 millimetres (1⁄4 in) across.
The species is native to north-central Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango. Hidalgo, Aguascalientes, Jalisco and Querétaro) and also from a few sites in the northern part of the US State of New Mexico (Mora and Colfax Counties). The plant occurs mostly submerged in streams and lakes.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sagittaria demersa 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.
