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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Alismataceae |
Genus: | Sagittaria |
Species: | S. pygmaea
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Binomial name | |
Sagittaria pygmaea | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Sagittaria pygmaea, commonly known as the dwarf arrowhead or pygmy arrowhead, [2] is an aquatic plant species. It is a perennial herb producing by means of stolons. Leaves are linear to slightly spatula-shaped, not lobed, up to 30 centimetres (12 inches) long. [3] [4] [5]
It is native to Japan (including the Ryukyu Islands), Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Bhutan and China ( Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang). [1] [3] It grows in shallow water in marshes, channels and rice paddies.
Sagittaria pygmaea | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Alismatales |
Family: | Alismataceae |
Genus: | Sagittaria |
Species: | S. pygmaea
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Binomial name | |
Sagittaria pygmaea | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Sagittaria pygmaea, commonly known as the dwarf arrowhead or pygmy arrowhead, [2] is an aquatic plant species. It is a perennial herb producing by means of stolons. Leaves are linear to slightly spatula-shaped, not lobed, up to 30 centimetres (12 inches) long. [3] [4] [5]
It is native to Japan (including the Ryukyu Islands), Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Bhutan and China ( Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang). [1] [3] It grows in shallow water in marshes, channels and rice paddies.