Sagittaria latifolia

Common Name
Broad-leaved arrowhead
Duck potato
Wapato
Plant Form
Herbs
Duration
Perennial
Max Height (ft)
4.0
Region
Coastal
Piedmont
Mountain
Hardiness Zone
5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Commercially available
Yes

Photographer: Izabella Farr
Licensed under: CC BY-NC 4.0
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Photographer: Izabella Farr
Licensed under: CC BY-NC 4.0
Original photo: Original photo

Additional Info

Habitat: Tidal freshwater marshes, ponds, swamps, ditches, seeps, alluvial forests, stream margins, and wet disturbed areas. Frequent to locally common throughout Virginia.

Wildlife value: Underground tubers are preferred by at least fifteen species of ducks and by snapping turtles.

Notes: Can become weedy

Flower Color
Cream/White
Flower Prominence
Conspicuous
Bloom Time
Early Summer
Late Summer
Fall
Bloom Month
June
July
August
September
October
Light Requirements
Full sun
Partial sun
Moisture Requirements
In Water
Wet
Soil Texture
Loamy
Sandy
Pollinators
Bees
Butterfiles
Earth Sangha Inventory

Founded in 1997, the Earth Sangha is a nonprofit public charity based in the Washington, DC, region. The Wild Plant Nursery is the most comprehensive source of local-ecotype, native plants in the Washington DC region, and the region’s only facility dedicated exclusively to this type of propagation. “Local-ecotype” plants are propagated from local, wild, naturally-occurring populations and are well-adapted to local conditions and for wildlife species that depend on the local forms, such as pollinators. Inventory is updated on a weekly basis so number may not be accurate.

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Nurseries that may carry live plant
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