Sagittaria cuneata

Arum leaved arrowhead

Family: Alismataceae · Type: perennial · Native

Arum leaved arrowhead is a California native perennial found in northwestern California, the Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada, southern Border, and Great Basin in ponds and slow streams at elevations below 2,500 meters. Flowering from June to August, this plant produces white flowers with distinctive sagittate leaves. Growing with emergent leaves that have petioles curving upward and blades 2.5 to 17 centimeters long, it develops from a white or bluish oblong tuber. Its leaves feature a unique shape with basal lobes smaller than the terminal lobe, creating a characteristic arrowhead profile. The fruit develops with a very short terminal beak less than half a millimeter long, giving the plant a delicate finishing detail.

Habitat: Ponds, slow streams

Bloom period: Jun-Aug

Elevation: < 2500 m

Bioregions: NW, CaR, SN, SnBr, GB

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.