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Sagittaria teres
Also called Quill Leaf Sagittaria, Quill Leaved Sagittaria
Slender arrowhead is a perennial aquatic herb from the northeastern US, growing in shallow water, marshes and acidic bogs. It needs wet or submerged roots and plenty of light to thrive.
Sagittaria teres, the quill-leaved arrowhead or slender arrowhead, is an aquatic plant species in the genus Sagittaria. It is a perennial herb up to 80 centimetres (31 inches) tall. The leaves can grow both under and above the water. The flowers are white, up to 1.5 cm (1⁄2 in) in diameter, borne in one or more whorls on a stalk rising above the leaves.
It is native to the northeastern United States: Rhode Island (Providence and Washington Counties), Massachusetts, New Hampshire (Hillsborough County), New York (Suffolk County) and New Jersey. It grows along the shores of lakes, marshes, and other wetlands, frequently those with acidic water such as Sphagnum bogs.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sagittaria teres 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.
