Alismataceae
Guyanese arrowhead
Sagittaria guayanensis
- Family
- Alismataceae
- Genus
- Sagittaria
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- سهم الماء الغوياني
- Bangla
- কাউয়াঠুকরি
- Chinese
- 美洲冠果草, 冠果草
- English
- Guyanese arrowhead
Synonyms
- Echinodorus guianensis (Kunth) Griseb.
- Echinodorus guyanensis Griseb.
- Lophiocarpus guayanensis (Kunth) Micheli
- Lophotocarpus guayanensis (Kunth) J.G.Sm.
- Lophotocarpus guayanensis (Kunth) T.Durand & Schinz
- Lophotocarpus guayanensis (Kunth) J.G.Sm.
- Lophotocarpus guyanensis var. typicus Buchenau
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: MSH Sourav, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pranav Sharma, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Prof. M. Piepenbring, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: cristian gaviria londoño, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Prof. M. Piepenbring, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: umehlig, CC BY-SA 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.