Sagittaria guayanensis
Arrowhead, Arrowhead Lily
Other regional names: Guyanese Arrowhead +1 more
- Guyanese Arrowhead
- Swamp Potato
Also known as: Echinodorus guayanensis (Kunth) Griseb. +6 more
- Echinodorus guayanensis (Kunth) Griseb.
- Echinodorus guianensis (Kunth) Griseb.
- Lophiocarpus guayanensis (Kunth) Micheli
- Lophotocarpus guayanensis (Kunth) Griseb.
- Lophotocarpus guayanensis (Kunth) J.G.Sm.
- Lophotocarpus guayanensis (Kunth) T.Durand & Schinz
- Lophotocarpus guayanensis var. typicus Buchenau
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Alismataceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a hydroannual or tuberous geophyte.
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Sagittaria guayanensis (commonly known as Arrowhead or Arrowhead-Lily) is a tuberous plant within the Alismataceae family. It originates in Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, North America, and South America. Within its native range, this species is primarily associated with wet tropical conditions. There are naturally occurring subspecies of this species, which are linked below.
Macro Climate
Tropical
Plant Type
Annual
Plant Type
Bulb
Plant Type
Aquatic Plant
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
AFRICA, ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL, NORTHERN AMERICA, SOUTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Brazil, Caribbean, Central America, China, Eastern Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia, Mexico, Northeast Tropical Africa, Northern South America, Southern South America, West Tropical Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa, Western Asia, Western Indian Ocean, Western South America
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Afghanistan, Argentina Northeast, Assam, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Gambia, The, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hainan, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Laos, Madagascar, Malaya, Mali, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Senegal, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Surinam, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Introduced Range
An “Introduced” distribution indicates that the plant is recorded outside its native range in that region as a result of deliberate or accidental human introduction. Introduced records may include casual, naturalized or invasive populations, but do not include plants that are only cultivated or planted without self-sustaining populations.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
Louisiana
Subspecies, Varieties & Forms