Sagittaria filiformis, the threadleaf arrowhead, is a perennial aquatic plant growing up to 170 centimetres (67 inches) tall. Some leaves are thread-like, entirely underwater, but others are narrowly ovate or lanceolate and floating on the surface.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Threadleaf 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 kurziana
- Luronium natans
- Sagittaria natans
- Sagittaria rigida
- Sagittaria cristata
- Aponogeton distachyos
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Alismatales
- Family
- Alismataceae
- Genus
- Sagittaria
- Species
- Sagittaria filiformis
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