Broadleaf Arrowhead
Sagittaria latifolia
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Broadleaf Arrowhead is a Virginia native wetland perennial with bold arrow-shaped leaves and crisp white, three-petaled flowers held on upright stalks in summer. It thrives in saturated soils and shallow water, making it a natural choice for pond edges, rain gardens, and other consistently wet areas.
About This Plant
- Sun Exposure
- Full Sun, Part Shade
- Soil Moisture
- Standing Water, Wet
- Height
- 1-4 ft
- Spread
- 1-2 ft
- Bloom Time
- Late Summer, Mid Summer
- Bloom Color
- White
- Garden Uses
- Rain garden; pond edge; wetland garden; water garden; naturalized wet area
Broadleaf Arrowhead is an emergent aquatic plant native to Virginia wetlands, marshes, pond margins, and shallow water. Its summer flowers provide nectar and pollen for insects, while its seeds and underground tubers are valuable food for waterfowl and other wildlife. It can spread by rhizomes and tubers where conditions suit it, forming attractive colonies in wet areas.
Good to know: Distinctive arrow-shaped leaves and three-petaled white flowers; emergent wetland plant; spreads by rhizomes and tubers