Broadleaf Arrowhead
Sagittaria latifolia
Emergent marginal with bold arrowhead leaves and whorls of papery white flowers. Its starchy tubers, the 'duck potatoes,' are prized by waterfowl — and, roasted or boiled, taste something like potato crossed with chestnut for people too; traditionally dried and strung for storage.
- Family
- Alismataceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–4 ft
- Spacing
- 1–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- wet
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds
- Landscape uses
- border, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY