North Carolina Wildflowers, Shrubs, & Trees

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Alismataceae > Sagittaria
	Bulltongue Arrowhead, Duck Potato (Sagittaria lancifolia var. media) Brunswick Co., NC 13 Aug 2006 Common in fresh to brackish tidal marshes in NC.
	Bulltongue Arrowhead, Duck Potato (Sagittaria lancifolia var. media) Brunswick Co., NC 13 Aug 2006 This is one of the arrowheads that does not have arrowhead-shaped leaves.
	Bulltongue Arrowhead, Duck Potato (Sagittaria lancifolia var. media) Brunswick Co., NC 13 Aug 2006 Apparently the flower nectar is attractive to some butterflies, like this Rare Skipper (Problema bulenta).

	Broadleaf Arrowhead, Duck Potato, Wapato (Sagittaria latifolia) Buncombe Co., NC 8 Sep 2012 Very broad, arrow-shaped leaves (see below) help identify this species, which is common and found in wet habitats across North Carolina and the US.
	Broadleaf Arrowhead, Duck Potato, Wapato (Sagittaria latifolia) Buncombe Co., NC 8 Sep 2012
	Broadleaf Arrowhead, Duck Potato, Wapato (Sagittaria latifolia) Buncombe Co., NC 8 Sep 2012
	Broadleaf Arrowhead, Duck Potato, Wapato (Sagittaria latifolia) Buncombe Co., NC 8 Sep 2012

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.