Sagittaria australis

ClassificationMonocots
FamilyAlismataceae
Family (Traditional)Alismataceae
GenusSagittaria
Species:Sagittaria australis (J. G. Sm.) Small
Common NameLongbeak Arrowhead
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: DRU; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: LCW; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: RCSP; Natural Area Presence: TRG; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Aquatic; General Ecology: Mudflat; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: basal; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: palmate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: White; Carpel Number/Pistil: 1; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Achene; Fruit Type: Follicle; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: panicle/thyrse; Inflorescence Types: raceme; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: No; Petal Number: 3; Pistil Complexity: Simple; Pistil Number: 13+; Placentation Type: Basal; Sepal Fusion: No; Sepal Number: 3; Sexuality: monoecious; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 7; Stamen Number: 8; Stamen Number: 9; Stamen Number: 10; Stamen Number: 11; Stamen Number: 12; Stamen Number: 13+; Tepal Number: N/A
C value 6
StatusNative; AGCP (OBL), EMP (OBL) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S4S5] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Sagittaria longirostra var. australis Sagittaria longirostra var. australis J.G.Sm.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Adair (KY), Bath (KY), Bell (KY), Boyle (KY), Breathitt (KY), Bullitt (KY), Campbell (KY), Carter (KY), Casey (KY), Clark (KY), Clinton (KY), Fleming (KY), Floyd (KY), Franklin (KY), Greenup (KY), Henry (KY), Hickman (KY), Jefferson (KY), Kenton (KY), Knox (KY), Laurel (KY), Lyon (KY), McCreary (KY), Madison (KY), Marshall (KY), Menifee (KY), Montgomery (KY), Nelson (KY), Ohio (KY), Oldham (KY), Pike (KY), Powell (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Rowan (KY), Trigg (KY), Warren (KY), Wolfe (KY), Woodford (KY), Anderson (TN), Benton (TN), Bledsoe (TN), Blount (TN), Campbell (TN), Carroll (TN), Cheatham (TN), Crockett (TN), Cumberland (TN), DeKalb (TN), Dickson (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hawkins (TN), Haywood (TN), Henderson (TN), Henry (TN), Hickman (TN), Houston (TN), Humphreys (TN), Jackson (TN), Knox (TN), Lewis (TN), Loudon (TN), Marion (TN), Montgomery (TN), Morgan (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rhea (TN), Robertson (TN), Rutherford (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Sevier (TN), Stewart (TN), Sullivan (TN), Union (TN), Van Buren (TN), Weakley (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MDKY, MEM, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1962 - 2017

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100036233 Clinton Kentucky 28 Jul 1999 Mark A. Gorton
99-599
EKY
Sagittaria australis
31234100036191 Carter Kentucky 11 Sep 1965 Edward T. Browne Jr.
11328
EKY
Sagittaria australis
BEREA001286 Madison Kentucky 13 Sep 1995 Ralph L. Thompson, Rudy A. Gelis
R-366
BEREA
Sagittaria australis
BEREA001280 Clark Kentucky 05 Aug 1993 Ralph L. Thompson, Andy E. Shupe
93-402
BEREA
Sagittaria australis
31973000004875 Campbell Kentucky 10 Aug 1995 Naczi, Robert
4950
KNK
Sagittaria australis
MDKY00002083 Breathitt Kentucky
MDKY
Sagittaria australis
MDKY00002088 Montgomery Kentucky
MDKY
Sagittaria australis
MDKY00002091 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Sagittaria australis
MDKY00002090 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Sagittaria australis
MDKY00002093 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Sagittaria australis
MDKY00002092 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014136 Weakley Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014142 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014156 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
31234100036415 Ohio Kentucky 15 Aug 1972 Elizabeth M. Browne
72H2.8
EKY
Sagittaria australis
31234100036209 Casey Kentucky 23 Jul 1978 Barbara Jeffries
15A
EKY
Sagittaria australis
BEREA001283 Laurel Kentucky 25 Sep 1999 Ralph L. Thompson, Edward W. J. FitzGerald, Jr.
99-1005
BEREA
Sagittaria australis
BEREA001279 Adair Kentucky 25 Aug 1988 Bruce Hoagland
442
BEREA
Sagittaria australis
MDKY00002085 Fleming Kentucky
MDKY
Sagittaria australis
MDKY00002094 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Sagittaria australis
MDKY00002089 Warren Kentucky
MDKY
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014146 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014183 Jackson Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014190 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014145 Campbell Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014161 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014197 Robertson Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014155 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
31234100036175 Adair Kentucky 25 Aug 1988 Bruce Hoagland
442
EKY
Sagittaria australis
31234100859931 Wolfe Kentucky 30 Jul 1988 R.C. Clark
21621
EKY
Sagittaria australis
31234100859949 Wolfe Kentucky 30 Jul 1988 R. C. Clark
21577
EKY
Sagittaria australis
31234100036183 Bell Kentucky 25 Aug 1966 Ellwood J. Carr
EKY
Sagittaria australis
31234100036159 Adair Kentucky 19 Sep 1997 Joe Metzmeier
3
EKY
Sagittaria australis
BEREA001285 Madison Kentucky 09 Jul 1982 David D. Taylor
1782
BEREA
Sagittaria australis
BEREA001287 DeKalb Tennessee 31 Jul 1986 Ralph L. Thompson, Janietta D. Jackson
86-613
BEREA
Sagittaria australis
MDKY00002084 Breathitt Kentucky
MDKY
Sagittaria australis
MDKY00002081 Bath Kentucky
MDKY
Sagittaria australis
MDKY00002082 Bath Kentucky
MDKY
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014195 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014159 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014185 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014192 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
MDKY00002095 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Sagittaria australis
MDKY00002086 Fleming Kentucky
MDKY
Sagittaria australis
MDKY00002098 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Sagittaria australis
MDKY00002087 Fleming Kentucky
MDKY
Sagittaria australis
MDKY00002097 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014167 Hickman Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014193 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014140 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014157 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014154 Dickson Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014166 Henry Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014163 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
UCHT006223 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Sagittaria australis
UCHT006222 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Sagittaria australis
APSC0046414 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Sagittaria australis
31234100036282 Franklin Kentucky 29 Aug 1984 Steven Rice
FR-756
EKY
Sagittaria australis
31234100036423 Rockcastle Kentucky 24 Jul 1975 Eddie Blandord
EKY
Sagittaria australis
31234100036449 Woodford Kentucky 10 Sep 1995 Wayne Long
58
EKY
Sagittaria australis
31234100036381 Laurel Kentucky 25 Sep 1999 Amanda N. Allen
7
EKY
Sagittaria australis
31234100036407 Menifee Kentucky 02 Oct 1997 Kim Feeman
155
EKY
Sagittaria australis
31973000004876 Campbell Kentucky 10 Aug 1995 Naczi, Robert
4950
KNK
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014143 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014200 Sequatchie Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014139 Benton Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014134 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014292 Boyle Kentucky
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014147 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
UCHT001517 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Sagittaria australis
APSC0068061 Rowan Kentucky
APSC
Sagittaria australis
31234100036373 Laurel Kentucky 23 Aug 1991 Ronald Jones
6920
EKY
Sagittaria australis
31234100036308 Franklin Kentucky Don K. Walker
554
EKY
Sagittaria australis
31973000004874 Kenton Kentucky 17 Sep 1996 Tholemeier, Tim
xxx
KNK
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014148 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014187 Lewis Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014290 Nelson Kentucky
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014137 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014194 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014189 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014289 Nelson Kentucky
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014162 Hawkins Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014191 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
UCHT001513 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Sagittaria australis
APSC0068042 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Sagittaria australis
31234100036266 Franklin Kentucky 05 Oct 1985 Steven Rice
FR-818
EKY
Sagittaria australis
31234100036340 Knox Kentucky 12 Aug 1994 Debra White
177
EKY
Sagittaria australis
BEREA001281 Laurel Kentucky 27 Jul 1981 Ralph L. Thompson and David D. Taylor
754
BEREA
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014135 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014201 Sequatchie Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014141 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014199 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014188 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014138 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014160 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014168 Houston Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
UCHT001516 Hickman Kentucky 04 Sep 2009 Dwayne Estes
11259
UCHT
Sagittaria australis
UCHT001515 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Sagittaria australis
APSC0046322 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Sagittaria australis
31234100036126 Adair Kentucky 25 Aug 1988 Bruce Hoagland
567
EKY
Sagittaria australis
BEREA001288 DeKalb Tennessee 01 Aug 1999 Ralph L. Thompson, Katrina Rivers Thompson
99-832
BEREA
Sagittaria australis
BEREA001282 Laurel Kentucky 11 Sep 1981 Ralph L. Thompson, David D. Taylor
904
BEREA
Sagittaria australis
BEREA001284 Madison Kentucky 22 Aug 1996 Chris A. Fleming, Ralph L. Thompson
R-825
BEREA
Sagittaria australis
ETSU001345 Sullivan Tennessee
ETSU
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014151 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014149 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014158 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014186 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014150 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
APSC0046434 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0072426 Floyd Kentucky
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0073756 Greenup Kentucky
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0065051 Van Buren Tennessee
APSC
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014152 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014153 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014164 Henderson Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014203 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
UCHT001512 Marion Tennessee 30 Jul 1999 John Beck
3766
UCHT
Sagittaria australis
APSC0113206 Putnam Tennessee
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0046433 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0046427 Hickman Tennessee
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0113209 Clinton Kentucky
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0072424 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0068041 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0074691 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0113211 Bledsoe Tennessee
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0046415 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0046429 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014204 Union Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014165 Henry Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
APSC0072058 White Tennessee
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0068027 Wolfe Kentucky
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0046425 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0046413 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0046409 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Sagittaria australis
HTTU001032 Tennessee
HTTU
Sagittaria australis
UCHT038173 Hickman Kentucky
UCHT
Sagittaria australis
APSC0046412 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0068030 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0068031 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0046426 Giles Tennessee
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0070847 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Sagittaria australis
HTTU001033 Tennessee
HTTU
Sagittaria australis
UCHT038174 Rhea Tennessee
UCHT
Sagittaria australis
31234100780541 Menifee Kentucky 10 Sep 2017 Thomas McFadden
684
EKY
Sagittaria australis
APSC0055565 Cumberland Tennessee
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0065053 Van Buren Tennessee
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0113213 Putnam Tennessee
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0072423 Powell Kentucky
APSC
Sagittaria australis
HTTU008128 McCreary Kentucky
HTTU
Sagittaria australis
HTTU001036 Tennessee
HTTU
Sagittaria australis
MTSU001696 Rutherford Tennessee 05 Jun 2002 Kurt E. Blum
MTSU
Sagittaria australis
HTTU035670 Marion Tennessee
HTTU
Sagittaria australis
APSC0046410 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0045720 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0068062 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0046432 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0071801 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0046435 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0046324 Campbell Tennessee
APSC
Sagittaria australis
HTTU001034 Tennessee
HTTU
Sagittaria australis
UOS06472 Franklin Tennessee 22 Sep 1996 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Sagittaria australis
APSC0046431 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0068043 Bullitt Kentucky
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0046418 Hickman Kentucky
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0044862 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Sagittaria australis
HTTU001035 Tennessee
HTTU
Sagittaria australis
UOS06471 Van Buren Tennessee 29 Aug 2002 Chris A. Fleming
UOS
Sagittaria australis
MEM003901 Henry Kentucky 08 Sep 1962 J.L. Gentry Jr.
777
MEM
Sagittaria australis
MEM017277 Crockett Tennessee 26 Jun 1980 Vernon M. Bates Jr.
1019
MEM
Sagittaria australis
APSC0046416 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0046423 White Tennessee
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0051367 Campbell Tennessee
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0046430 Houston Tennessee
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0076379 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0046417 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0046419 Campbell Tennessee
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0072425 Pike Kentucky
APSC
Sagittaria australis
UOS06473 Franklin Tennessee 18 Aug 2001 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Sagittaria australis
MEM006604 Marshall Kentucky 15 Aug 1973 Raymond Athey
2490
MEM
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014202 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014184 Jackson Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014196 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014198 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
APSC0068045 Powell Kentucky
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0101728 Putnam Tennessee
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0092934 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0092935 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Sagittaria australis
HTTU036380 White Tennessee
HTTU
Sagittaria australis
APSC0068044 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0046424 Henry Tennessee
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0065052 Van Buren Tennessee
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0046420 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0046411 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0106454 Clinton Kentucky
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0046421 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Sagittaria australis
APSC0046428 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0243555 Humphreys Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
UOS06470 Franklin Tennessee 30 Aug 1997 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Sagittaria australis
TENN-V-0014144 Cheatham Tennessee
TENN
Sagittaria australis
MDKY00002096 Rowan Kentucky
MDKY
Sagittaria australis
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Sagittaria australis - Dwayne Estes
Sagittaria australis - Dwayne Estes
Sagittaria australis - Dwayne Estes
Sagittaria australis - Dwayne Estes
Sagittaria australis - Dwayne Estes
Sagittaria australis - Dwayne Estes
Sagittaria australis - Dwayne Estes
Sagittaria australis - Dwayne Estes