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Lophotocarpus spongiosus

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Identification
Lophotocarpus spongiosus (Engelm.) J.G. Sm. [family ALISMATACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by J.G. Smith,, Lophotocarpus spongiosus (Engelm.) J.G. Sm. [family ALISMATACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Sagittaria montevidensis Cham. & Schltdl. [family ALISMATACEAE ] Verified by Karel Rataj,, Sagittaria calycina Not on sheet [family ALISMATACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Sagittaria montevidensis Not on sheet [family ALISMATACEAE ] Verified by Clifford Bogin,, Sagittaria calycina Not on sheet [family ALISMATACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Lophotocarpus calycinus
  • Lophotocarpus spongiosus
  • Sagittaria calycina
  • Lophotocarpus calycinnus
  • Sagittaria montevidensis
Common name
  • Tidal arrowhead, Flora of North America Vol. 22

Flora

Entry for Sagittaria montevidensis subsp. spongiosa (Engelmann) Bogin [family ALISMATACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 22,
Names
Sagittaria montevidensis subsp. spongiosa (Engelmann) Bogin [family ALISMATACEAE], Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden, 9: 198. 1955
Sagittaria calycina Engelmann var. spongiosa Engelmann [family ALISMATACEAE], in A. Gray, Manual ed., 5, 493. 1867
Lophotocarpus spongiosus (Engelmann) J. G. Smith [family ALISMATACEAE]
Sagittaria spatulata (J. G. Smith) Buchenau [family ALISMATACEAE]
Information
Herbs, annual, often stranded by low tide. Leaves emersed, sessile, phyllodial, lanceolate, or petiolate with blade spatulate, rarely sagittate. Inflorescences of 1--4 whorls, emersed; bracts connate. Flowers: pistillate with ring of sterile stamens; petals without purple spot at base. 2n = 22.
Phenology
Flowering summer--fall (Jul--Oct)
Altitude range
0--5 m
Distribution
USA Conn.USA Del.USA MaineUSA Md.USA Mass.USA N.H.USA N.J.USA N.Y.USA Pa.Canada N.B.

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