Base de datos de plantas del FNPS

Sagittaria latifolia

wapato, common arrowhead
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

wapato, common arrowhead

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Sagittaria latifolia

Familia:

Alismataceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

flower

Tamaño:

2-4 ft tall by 1-3 ft wide

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

white

Color de la fruta:

Fenología:

winter dormant

Destacado por:

Showy Flowers, Interesting Foliage

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Use in water gardens or as an emergent along pond edges.

Consideraciones:

Disponibilidad:

Native Nurseries, Seed

Propagación:

Division.

Luz:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Aquatic -a- Stays wet

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand, Loam, Organic

pH del suelo:

Apto para cultivo en:

8A,8B,9A,9B,10A,10B

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Acreditado en:

Distribution
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Pollinators, Birds

Attracts insect pollinators.

Birds are attracted to the fruits.

Hábitats nativos:

Marshes, wetter portions of wet prairies, swamps.

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Tubers were used as a food by native Americans.

Comentarios generales:

Is being replaced  by S. lancifolia in Louisiana where there is salt water intrusion into wetlands.  Apparently much less salt tolerant that S. lancifolia.
FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Shannon B. Martin, & Shaffer, G. P. (2005). Sagittaria Biomass Partitioning Relative to Salinity, Hydrologic Regime, and Substrate Type: Implications for Plant Distribution Patterns in Coastal Louisiana, United States. Journal of Coastal Research, 21(1), 167–174. ( http://www.jstor.org/stable/4299399 ). Accessed 2026.


Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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