Arrowhead
Sagittaria sagittifolia
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Jammu & Kashmir
- Flowering
- September-January
How to identify Arrowhead
Identify Arrowhead by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Classic arrowhead-shaped aquatic leaves.
- Confirm leaf shape: Linear.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Panicle.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-January.
- In India, compare location records such as Jammu & Kashmir.
- Confirm it sits within the Alismataceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Arrowhead.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Sagittaria sagittifolia
- Genus
- Sagittaria
- Family
- Alismataceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Aquatic
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Distribution
- Temperate Asia and Europe
- Found in India
- Jammu & Kashmir
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-January
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- LinearrecordedVery long and narrow with roughly parallel sides.“The plant also has narrow linear submerged leaves, up to 80 cm (31+1⁄2 in) long and 2 cm broad.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Arrowhead itself; the rest are typical of the Alismataceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower arrangement
- PaniclerecordedA branching cluster of clusters.“Panicled flowers are 2–2.5 cm broad, with three small sepals and three white petals, and numerous purple stamens.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Umbel
- Fruit
- Nut
Characters marked “recorded” are for Arrowhead itself; the rest are typical of the Alismataceae family — flowering plants only.
About Arrowhead
Arrowhead (Sagittaria sagittifolia) belongs to the Alismataceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Jammu & Kashmir. It grows in aquatic. Flowering and fruiting run from September to January.
Uses
In practice it is grown for parts that are eaten and long used in traditional medicine. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Alismataceae
Water-Plantain Or Arrowhead Family
Arrowhead belongs to the Alismataceae family.
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