Sagittaria papillosa, the nipplebract arrowhead, is a perennial plant species growing up to 120 centimetres (47 inches) tall. Petioles are triangular in cross-section, the leaf blade very narrowly elliptical to ovate, not lobed. The species is distinguished from others in the genus by having bumps (papillae) resembling nipples on the flower bracts.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Nipplebract Arrowhead being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Sagittaria graminea
- Sagittaria engelmanniana
- Sagittaria longiloba
- Sagittaria lancifolia
- Sagittaria cristata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Alismatales
- Family
- Alismataceae
- Genus
- Sagittaria
- Species
- Sagittaria papillosa
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