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hooded arrowhead

Sagittaria calycina

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) eliphas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Missouri.

United States	1,037
Missouri	139
Illinois	125
Canada	113
Texas	98
Kentucky	81
Ontario	80
Arkansas	54
Iowa	52
Minnesota	44

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Wetland-associatedListed by a harvested source as obligate or frequent in wetland habitat.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics

Classification

Kingdom	Plants · Plantae
Phylum	Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Class	monocots · Liliopsida
Order	Aroids, Water Plantains, Seagrass, and allies · Alismatales
Family	Water-Plantain family · Alismataceae
Genus	Arrowheads · Sagittaria

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
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