Sagittaria latifolia is a plant found in shallow wetlands and is sometimes known as broadleaf arrowhead, [5] duck-potato, [6] Indian potato, or wapato. This plant produces edible tubers that have traditionally been extensively used by Native Americans .

A water plant with very ornamental, arrowhead-shaped leaves. In fertile soil the plants grow rapidly, producing many leaves on a short stalk. Plants spread by underground runners, sending up new plants 18 to 30 inches from the parent. White flowers appear late in the season. The tubers are edible.

2021年3月17日 · It will grow in a damp muddy soil to 2 feet of water. It is an emergent that grows 2 to 4 feet tall. Ducks and geese will eat the tubers of the plant. It is also a favorite of muskrats. The tubers (or bulbs) are planted in the Spring.

Duck potato, or lanceleaf arrowhead, is an herbaceous, aquatic, native, monocotyledonous perennial plant that commonly grows in swampy ground or standing water in ponds, lakes, streams, and ditches and typically blooms in the spring. The large lance-shaped leaves grow from underground rhizomes and are 4 inches wide and up to 2 feet long (Figure 1).

Contributed by: USDA NRCS Plant Materials Program Alternate Names wapato, broadleaf arrowhead Uses This is a multipurpose emergent plant, however the greatest value this species offers is as food and cover for aquatic animal life. The seed and tubers of duck potato are readily consumed by waterfowl, songbirds, wading birds, muskrats, and beaver.

2021年8月4日 · Sagittaria latifolia is an emergent aquatic perennial. Due to its arrow-shaped foliage and fleshy tubers, it is often referred to as common arrowhead, broadleaf arrowhead, katniss, swamp potato, and duck potato. Latin Americans call this plant bayoneta or platanillo as it belongs to the Alismataceae family.

Though it has "arrowhead" in its common name it is the only member of its genus that has lance-shaped instead of arrowhead leaves. It grows about 15 inches tall and blooms mid-May through July. This plant produces edible tubers that were heavily collected by the native Americans as a …

Broad-leaved Arrowhead is a plant primarily found in marshes, swamps bogs, and farm ponds. This plant produces starchy tubers that were used extensively by the indigenous peoples of the Americas. It can become weedy. Underground tubers are preferred by at least fifteen species of ducks and by snapping turtles.

2023年10月28日 · These are aquatic plants that form underground tubers or storage organs (technically called a turion) like a potato. A native plant of North America, it's found nearly coast to coast. Besides humans, the tubers are eaten by wildlife, especially ducks. The plant has many names, a few are below:

2025年2月26日 · Broad-leaved Arrowhead, also known as Duck Potato, is a perennial aquatic plant scientifically named Sagittaria latifolia. Belonging to the Alismataceae family, this species is native to Southern Canada, much of the contiguous United States, and Mexico.