Alismataceae FAMILY Least Concern

Sagittaria latifolia

Edibility

5/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Sagittaria latifolia is a herbaceous perennial plant spreading by means of stolons and forming underground corms. It produces clumps of growth up to 45cm tall[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. The plant was a major food for the native N. Americans, and it is still harvested from the wild for local use by many people. The plant also has minor local medicinal uses. It is grown as an ornamental. Sagittaria latifolia is widespread and while it is possibly declining in parts of its range, it is not thought that any global population decline is likely to meet (or be close to meeting) the threshold for Vulnerable. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2016)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate; tropical

Native RangeN. America - Canada, central and eastern USA, through eastern Mexico, Central America to northern S. America; Caribbean - Cuba

HabitatWet ditches, pools, and margins of streams and lakes; at elevations from near sea level to 1,500 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]. Ditches, ponds, lakes and swampy areas in most parts of N. America[ 60 Title Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. Publication Author Hitchcock. C. L. Publisher University of Washington Press Year 1955 ISBN - Description A standard flora for Western N. America with lots of information on habitat etc. Five large volumes, it is not for the casual reader. ].