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Sagittaria secundifolia
Also called Kral's Water Plantain
Little River arrowhead is a rare, endangered aquatic perennial native to rocky stream beds in Alabama and Georgia. It is seldom grown in cultivation, and it needs cool, flowing or wet conditions with its roots anchored in rock cracks.
Sagittaria secundifolia, also known as Kral's water plantain or Little River arrowhead is an endangered aquatic plant endemic to banks along the Little River of the U.S. states of Alabama and Georgia.
S. secundifolia is found growing on or below the water, on rocky creek beds and nearby slopes.in the Little River drainage in DeKalb and Cherokee counties of Alabama and Chattooga County, Georgia, the Town Creek drainage in DeKalb County (where it is believed to have been extirpated), and in the West Sipsey Fork in Winston County in Alabama. It is often found in association with azaleas (Rhododendron sp.), mountain laurel (Kalmia sp.) and holly (Ilex sp.).
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sagittaria secundifolia 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.
