Sagittaria pygmaea

Sagittaria pygmaea, commonly known as the dwarf arrowhead or pygmy arrowhead,[2] is an aquatic plant species. It is native to Japan (including the Ryukyu Islands), Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Bhutan and China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang).[1][3]

Sagittaria pygmaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Alismataceae
Genus: Sagittaria
Species:
S. pygmaea
Binomial name
Sagittaria pygmaea
Synonyms[1]
  • Blyxa coreana (H.Lév.) Nakai
  • Hydrolirion coreanum H.Lév.
  • Sagittaria altigena Hand.-Mazz.
  • Sagittaria sagittifolia var. oligocarpa Micheli
  • Sagittaria sagittifolia var. pygmaea (Miq.) Makino

Sagittaria pygmaea grows in shallow water in marshes, channels and rice paddies. It is a perennial herb producing by means of stolons. Leaves are linear to slightly spatula-shaped, not lobed, up to 30 centimetres (12 in) long.[3][4][5][6]

References
  1. "Sagittaria pygmaea". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
  2. "Sagittaria pygmaea". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  3. "Sagittaria pygmaea in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
  4. (Netherlands), Rijksherbarium; Wilhelm, Miquel, Friedrich Anton. "Annales Musei botanici lugduno-batavi". v.2 (1865-1866). Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. Gakkai, Nihon Shokubutsu; Gakkai, Tåokyåo Shokubutsu; Gakkai, Tokyo Shokubutsu (1902-01-01). "The Botanical Magazine". Botanical Magazine Tokyo. v.16 (1902). ISSN 0006-808X.
  6. Nakai, Takenoshin (1943). Journal of Japanese Botany. [Shokubutsu Kenkyu Zasshi]. Tokyo 19:247. "Blyxa coreana".


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