Sagittaria rigida

Sagittaria rigida, the sessilefruit arrowhead[2] or Canadian arrowhead,[3] is an aquatic plant species native to Canada and to the United States and also naturalized in Great Britain. It grows in shallow waters along the edges of ponds and streams. It generally has linear to narrowly elliptical leaves and sessile female flowers.[4][5]

Sagittaria rigida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Alismataceae
Genus: Sagittaria
Species:
S. rigida
Binomial name
Sagittaria rigida
Synonyms[1]
  • Sagitta rigida (Pursh) Nieuwl.
  • Sagittaria sagittifolia var. rigida (Pursh) Torr.

References
  1. The Plant List
  2. "Sagittaria rigida". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  3. "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  4. "Sagittaria rigida in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
  5. Frederick, Pursh (1814-01-01). "Flora Americae Septentrionalis;". v.2 (1814). Cite journal requires |journal= (help)


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