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Sagittaria guayanensis
Also called Arrowhead, Arrowhead Lily, Swamp Potato
Guyanese arrowhead is a perennial aquatic plant with arrow-shaped leaves, grown in shallow water or wet soil. The sources describe the species; the care details below come from general knowledge of Sagittaria species.
Sagittaria guayanensis, the Guyanese arrowhead, is a perennial aquatic plant species native to both the Old and New World. It has broadly hastate (arrow-shaped) leaves with ovate lobes.
The epithet has incorrectly been spelled "guyanensis" by some authors. The type locale is not Guyana but rather in the Guayana region in what is now eastern Venezuela, regarded as part of Colombia when the specimen was collected.
Kansas arrowhead · Longbeak arrowhead · Shortbeak arrowhead · Crested arrowhead · Arumleaf arrowhead · Chihuahuan arrowhead · Engelmann's arrowhead · Bunched arrowhead · Threadleaf arrowhead · Grassy arrowhead · Quillwort arrowhead · Springtape
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sagittaria guayanensis 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.
