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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Alismatales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sagittaria chapmanii   FAMILY Alismataceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sagittaria graminea var. chapmanii   FAMILY Alismataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Sagittaria chapmanii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Sagittaria graminea ssp. chapmanii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Sagittaria graminea var. chapmanii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Sagittaria graminea var. chapmanii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sagittaria chapmanii

 

COMMON NAME:
Chapman's Arrowhead


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image of Sagittaria chapmanii, Chapman's Arrowhead

Alan S. Weakley    asw_941347950648474

April        FL

Apalachicola National Forest

Inflorescence branched at the base (in at least some plants of a population), per Weakley's Flora (2022).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sagittaria chapmanii   FAMILY Alismataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sagittaria graminea var. chapmanii   FAMILY Alismataceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sagittaria chapmanii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Sagittaria graminea ssp. chapmanii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sagittaria graminea var. chapmanii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Sagittaria graminea var. chapmanii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sagittaria chapmanii

 

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4759

Emergent aquatic that also has submerged leaves (rooted); Forb
Perennial
Monoecious or polygamo-monoecious

Habitat: Limesink (doline) ponds with drawdown hydrology, mucky ditches, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare in Carolinas

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal
Blades of emersed leaves linear to linear-oblanceolate; submersed leaves phyllodial
Petioles of emersed leaves 6.5-17cm long, triangular

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes present (coarse); stolons absent; corms absent

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White
3-merous
3 sepals
3 petals
Numerous stamens in staminate flowers
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Achene

 

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