Alismataceae
Sessile-fruited arrowhead
Sagittaria rigida
- Family
- Alismataceae
- Genus
- Sagittaria
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- سهمية صلبة
- English
- Sessile-fruited arrowhead, Sessilefruit arrowhead, Canadian arrowhead
- Welsh
- Saethlys Canada
Synonyms
- Sagitta rigida Nieuwl.
- Sagittaria heterophylla Pursh
- Sagittaria heterophylla f. elliptica (Engelm.) S.F.Blake
- Sagittaria heterophylla f. fluitans (Engelm.) S.F.Blake
- Sagittaria heterophylla f. rigida S.F.Blake
- Sagittaria heterophylla var. angustifolia Engelm.
- Sagittaria heterophylla var. elliptica Engelm.
- Sagittaria heterophylla var. fluitans Engelm.
- Sagittaria heterophylla var. rigida (Pursh) Engelm.
- Sagittaria rigida f. elliptica (Engelm.) Fernald
- Sagittaria rigida f. fluitans (Engelm.) Fernald
- Sagittaria rigida f. rigida
- Sagittaria rigida var. engelmannii Farw.
- Sagittaria sagittifolia var. rigida (Pursh) Torr.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Bonnie Isaac, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bonnie Isaac, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bonnie Isaac, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bonnie Isaac, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bonnie Isaac, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bonnie Isaac, CC0, 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.