Duck potato
Sagittaria lancifolia -- Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
Sagittaria lancifolia ...
Duck Potato - Aquatic plant. Sun/Light shade. White flowers in summer. 3-4' tall. Hardy
Sagittaria latifolia ...
Duck Potato, Common Arrowhead, Arrowhead,Common
Species:
Sagittaria latifolia ...
Broadleaf arrowhead, duck potato (Sagittaria latifolia)
Broccoli (Brassica oleracea italica)
Broom (Cytisus species)
Broom, gorse (Genista species)
Brussels sprouts (Brassica oleracea gemmifera)
Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) ...
Duck Potato
Wapato
Sagittaria species. Most if not all members of this genus produce edible tubers and a number of them are cultivated for this, especially in the Orient. They succeed in wet soils but are best in water 1 - 2ft deep. S.
It is often referred to as "duck potato" or "wapato." Leaves can vary considerably in appearance. Flowers are borne in whorls on leafless stems, each bearing three small, white petals.
Common arrowhead or Duck potato (Sagittaria latifolia)
Double arrowhead (Sagittaria sagittifolia ‘Flore Pleno')
Lizard's tail (Saururus cernuus)
Club rush (Schoenoplectus lacustris subsp. tabernaemontani)
Thalia (Thalia dealbata) ...
Notes: This species is sometimes considered to be a variety of Sagittaria graminea, but the fruiting heads of S. graminea are rarely recurved. This species is sometimes called Delta Duck Potato because of the tubers on the rhizomes.
 See also: Potato, Arrowhead, Wormwood, Pink, Campanula
  
|
RSS
