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Sagittaria lancifolia
Also called Bulltongue, Lance Leaf Arrowhead, Scythefruit Arrowhead
Bulltongue arrowhead is a perennial aquatic or marsh plant from the Americas, grown for its lance-shaped leaves and white flowers. Keep its roots wet or submerged and give it full sun.
Sagittaria lancifolia, the bulltongue arrowhead, is a New World perennial, monocot plant in the family Alismataceae, genus Sagittaria, with herbaceous growth patterns.
A common name is "duck potato" because of the large potato-like corms which can form underground.
The species is native to the southeastern United States. It is known from every coastal state from Delaware to Texas. It is also considered native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and northern South America. It has become naturalized on the Island of Java in Indonesia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sagittaria lancifolia 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.
