Alismataceae

Arrowhead

Sagittaria sagittifolia L.

Family: Alismataceae
Genus: Sagittaria

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Arrowhead (Sagittaria sagittifolia) — FlowerPhoto: Мирослав Соболев, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (38)

Arabic: سهم الماء النموذجي
Armenian: Նետախոտ նետախոտանման
arz: سهم الماء النموذجى
Belarusian: Стрэлкаліст звычайны
Bulgarian: Обикновен стрелолист
Catalan: Sagittaire
Chinese: 慈姑, 欧洲慈姑, 慈菇, 燕尾草, 白地栗, 茨菇, 茨菰
csb: Wòdnô strzélka
Czech: Šípatka střelolistá
Danish: Almindelig Pilblad
Dutch: Pijlkruid
English: Arrowhead, Hawaii arrowhead
Estonian: Jõgi-kõõlusleht, Jõgi kõõlusleht, Konnalusikas, Kooreleht, Noolelill, Veeuba
Finnish: Pystykeiholehti
French: Sagittaire à feuilles en flèche, Sagittaire, Flèche-d'eau, Sagittaire a feuilles en fleche, Sagittaire d'eau
German: Gewöhnliches Pfeilkraut, Pfeilblatt, Sagittaire
Hebrew: ראש חץ
hsb: Wšědna šipica
Hungarian: Nyílfű
Irish: Rinn saighde
Italian: Erba saetta
Japanese: セイヨウオモダカ
Lithuanian: Strėlialapė papliauška, Sagittaire
lzh: 慈姑
Macedonian: Обична стрелка
Malay: Ngaku
mnc: ᡤᡡᠪᡳᡵᡳ
Norwegian Bokmål: Pilblad
Norwegian Nynorsk: Pilblad
Polish: Strzałka wodna
Romanian: Săgeata apei
Russian: Стрелолист обыкновенный, Стрелолист стрелолистный
Slovak: Šípovka vodná
Slovenian: Navadna streluša
Swedish: Pilblad, Sagittaire
Ukrainian: Стрілиця звичайна, Стрілолист звичайний
Welsh: Saethlys
Western Frisian: Snoekeblêd, Pileblêd, Pilekrûd, Pylkblêd, Pylkkrûd

Synonyms

Alisma sagittaria Stokes
Sagitta aquatica Pline St.Lager
Sagitta major Scop.
Sagitta palustris Bubani
Sagittaria acuminata Sm.
Sagittaria aquatica Lam.
Sagittaria aquatica var. minor Gray
Sagittaria bulbosa (Poir.) Donn
Sagittaria gigantea hort. ex E.Vilm.
Sagittaria heterophylla Schreb.
Sagittaria lancifolia hort. ex E.Vilm.
Sagittaria minor Mill.
Sagittaria monoeca Gilib.
Sagittaria sagittifolia f. obtusa Bolle
Sagittaria sagittifolia f. vallisneriifolia (Coss. & Germ.) Neuman
Sagittaria sagittifolia f. xanthandra Holmb.
Sagittaria sagittifolia subvar. butomoides Asch. & Graebn.
Sagittaria sagittifolia subvar. pumila Asch. & Graebn.
Sagittaria sagittifolia var. aequiloba Schur
Sagittaria sagittifolia var. angustata Tinant
Sagittaria sagittifolia var. angustifolia Gaudin
Sagittaria sagittifolia var. angustissima Boreau
Sagittaria sagittifolia var. arifolia Rouy
Sagittaria sagittifolia var. bollei Asch. & Graebn.
Sagittaria sagittifolia var. divaricata Schur
Sagittaria sagittifolia var. heterophylla (Schreb.) Schur
Sagittaria sagittifolia var. minor (Mill.) Regel
Sagittaria sagittifolia var. stratiotes Bolle
Sagittaria sagittifolia var. terrestris Bolle
Sagittaria sagittifolia var. vallisneriifolia Coss. & Germ.
Sagittaria tenuior Gand.
Sagittaria vulgaris Gueldenst.
Vallisneria bulbosa Poir.

Flowers

In flower: July to August (from 516 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Мирослав Соболев, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Георгий Виноградов (Georgy Vinogradov), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: poblado_verde_en_acción, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Sylvain Montagner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Полина Полежанкина, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Михаил Малышев, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Denis A, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: nuujaka, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.