Sagittaria montevidensis subsp. montevidensis
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 22.
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Herbs, perennial, not stranded by low tide. Leaves submersed and emersed; submersed leaves sessile, blade linear; emersed petiolate, blade hastate to sagittate. Inflorescences of 1–15 whorls, floating or emersed; bracts connate. Flowers: pistillate without ring of sterile stamens; petals with purple spot at base.
Phenology: Flowering summer–fall (Jul–Oct).
Habitat: Wet ditches, mud flats of rivers
Elevation: 0–10 m
Distribution
Introduced; Ala., Fla., Ga., c, s South America
Discussion
Sagittaria montevidensis subsp. montevidensis apparently is native to South America. It has been introduced along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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absent +
keeled;oblanceoloid +
0.7mm;1.5mm +
2-loculed +
dehiscing +
absent +
attenuate;hastate or sagittate +
horizontal +
lateral +
emersed +
less than ¼ total length +
delicate +
connate +
shorter +
recurved +
not papillose +
absent +
u--shaped +
absent +
not tuberculate +
pistillate +
longer +
glabrous +
cylindric +
pistillate +
hypogynous +
distal +
enclosing +
unisexual +
absent +
enclosing +
whorled +
true +
curved +
absent +
sessile +
sheathing +
basal +
absent +
flattened +
longer +
translucent +
absent +
scapose +
whorled +
1.5cm;28cm +
erect +
starlike +
entire +
purple spot +
deciduous +
delicate +
triangular +
1-loculed +
distinct +
basal +
absent +
0;1500 +
parallel +
Linnaea +
1827 +
scapose +
whorled +
erect +
convex +
equal +
absent +
longitudinal +
pedicellate +
septate +
milky +
mature +
persistent +
erect;spreading +
sculptured +
herbaceous;leathery +
distinct +
absent +
7;30 +
sterile +
absent +
terminal +
Sagittaria montevidensis subsp. montevidensis +
Sagittaria montevidensis +
subspecies +
low +
white;brown +
petiolate +
floating-leaved +
not stranded +
perennial +
1;15 +
absent +