Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Medium

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Freshwater wetland

Range

Americas

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Status

Uncommon

About

This perennial plant grows in the wetlands of the southeastern United States. Its lance-shaped leaves rotate to track the sun, effectively shedding excess water.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Alismataceae

Genus

Sagittaria

Species

Sagittaria lancifolia