Alismataceae
Awl-leaf arrowhead
Sagittaria subulata
- Family
- Alismataceae
- Genus
- Sagittaria
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- سهم الماء مخرزي الشكل
- arz
- سهم الماء مخرزى الشكل
- Bulgarian
- Воден шип
- Czech
- Šípatka šídlatá
- English
- Awl-leaf arrowhead, Dwarf sagittaria, Narrow-leaved arrowhead, Rubbon wapato
- Estonian
- Väike kõõlusleht
- German
- Flutendes Pfeilkraut, Kleines Pfeilkraut, Schmalblättriges Pfeilkraut
- Persian
- ساژیتریا پا کوتاه
- Welsh
- Saethlys culddail
Synonyms
- Alisma subulatum L.
- Damasonium subulatum (L.) Chaz.
- Sagittaria lorata Small
- Sagittaria natans var. lorata Chapm.
- Sagittaria natans var. pusilla (Nutt.) Chapm.
- Sagittaria pusilla Nutt.
- Sagittaria subulata subsp. lorata (Chapm.) R.T.Clausen
- Sagittaria subulata var. lorata (Chapm.) Fernald
- Sagittaria subulata var. pusilla (Nutt.) Buchenau
- Sagittaria subulata var. subulata
- Sagittaria subulata var. typica Fernald
Flowers
- In flower
- August (from 6 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: mfeaver, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Samuel A Schmid, PhD, PWS, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: bheinzen49, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chris Hoess, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ian Pfingsten, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY 4.0, 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.