| Accepted name: |
Sagittaria latifolia Willd. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Sagittaria pubescens Muhlenb.
-Sagittaria variabilis Engelm.
-Sagittaria obtusa Muhlenb.
-Sagittaria gracilis Pursh
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| English names: |
Broad-leaved Arrowhead
Common Arrowhead
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| French names: |
Sagittaire latifoliée
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Alismatales
Family: Alismataceae
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| OPL Code: |
HSAGLA
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2.3 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Decoction of bark taken for sore throat.Compound decoction of bark with powdered shells taken for venereal disease.Decoction of bark used as "woman's medicine" and regulated menses(*8)(3) |
| Key Characters: |
- |
