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Sagittaria macrophylla, called papa de agua ('water potato'), is an aquatic species from central Mexico that grows in clean, shallow, slow-moving water and makes starchy edible tubers. It needs wet or flooded roots and full sun to thrive.
Sagittaria macrophylla, common name papa de agua, is an aquatic plant species. It produces underground starchy tubers that are edible. It has large, hastate (arrow-shaped) leaves with blades up to 30 centimetres (12 inches) long. The terminal lobe is large and broadly lanceolate, while the two basal lobes are much smaller and narrower.
It is endemic to central Mexico (States of Jalisco, Michoacán, México, Hidalgo, and the Distrito Federal), primarily in the region close to the nation's capital. It grows in clean, shallow, slow-moving water. It is considered threatened by habitat destruction due to urbanization.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sagittaria macrophylla 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.
