Wapato
சாஜிடேரியா பேபேசிகுலேட்டா
Sagittaria latifolia Willd.
- light
- —
- water
- Plenty
- tall
- 90 cm
- wide
- —
Alismataceae
Also called Broadleaf arrowhead, Duck-potato
Formerly Sagitta latifolia, Sagittaria esculenta, Sagittaria gracilis, Sagittaria hastata, and 7 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Tuberous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Canada to C. & E. U.S.A., Cuba, California to W. South AmericaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 61 cm to 1.2 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Water
- Plenty: wet or constantly moistRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (3)
- Czech
- šípatka širolistá
- German
- Breitblättriges Pfeilkraut
- Tamil
- சாஜிடேரியா பேபேசிகுலேட்டா
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Sagittaria latifolia (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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