PLANTS Profile for Sagittaria montevidensis (giant arrowhead)

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Sagittaria montevidensis Cham. & Schltdl.
giant arrowhead

Symbol:

SAMO

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Alismataceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Sagittaria montevidensis Cham. & Schltdl.

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Distribution:
Sagittaria montevidensis Cham. & Schltdl.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, DE, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, NJ, PA, SC)

Related Taxa:
Sagittaria montevidensis Cham. & Schltdl.

View 5 genera in Alismataceae, 28 species in Sagittaria

Classification:
Sagittaria montevidensis Cham. & Schltdl.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Alismatidae
Order	Alismatales
Family	Alismataceae – Water-plantain family
Genus	Sagittaria L. – arrowhead
Species	Sagittaria montevidensis Cham. & Schltdl. – giant arrowhead

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Sagittaria montevidensis Cham. & Schltdl.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Michigan:
arrowhead		Threatened

U.S. Weed Information:
Sagittaria montevidensis Cham. & Schltdl.

California arrowhead
giant arrowhead

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

SWSS

Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Introduced Information:
Sagittaria montevidensis Cham. & Schltdl.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Sagittaria montevidensis Cham. & Schltdl.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Sagittaria montevidensis Cham. & Schltdl.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 38925.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Related Web Sites:
Sagittaria montevidensis Cham. & Schltdl.

UC Davis, IPM: abstract & images

Wetlands Not Weedlands

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