Alismataceae
Grassy arrowhead
Sagittaria graminea
- Family
- Alismataceae
- Genus
- Sagittaria
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- سهم الماء النجيلي
- Chinese
- 禾叶慈姑, 类禾慈姑
- Czech
- Šípatka trávolistá
- Dutch
- Graspijlkruid
- English
- Grassy arrowhead, Grass-leaved arrowhead
- French
- Sagittaire graminoïde
- Japanese
- ナガバオモダカ
Synonyms
- Diphorea graminea (Michx.) Raf.
- Sagitta graminea (Michx.) Nieuwl.
- Sagittaria graminea var. graminea
Flowers
- In flower
- March to November (from 394 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Quinten Wiegersma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Clay Gibbons, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jomegat, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: peggy Butry, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: paddy_28, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Patrice Dupont, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: cthulhu mittens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.