Sagittaria rigida, the sessilefruit arrowhead[2] or Canadian arrowhead,[3] is an aquatic plant species. It has narrow oval leaves rather than the iconic arrowhead shaped leaves of species like the Sagittaria latifolia. it has sessile female flowers, from whence its name comes. Its flowers are very similar to other plants in the Sagittaria family, with three white petals.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Alismataceae |
| Genus: | Sagittaria |
| Species: | S. rigida
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| Sagittaria rigida | |
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It is native to Canada and to the United States and also naturalized in Great Britain. It grows in shallow waters along the edges of ponds and streams.
It produces edible potato-like tubers, but these can be dangerous if gathered from polluted water.[4]
References
edit- ^ The Plant List
- ^ NRCS. "Sagittaria rigida". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ "Sagittaria rigida in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
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