| Other Names | Wapato | ||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Sagittaria latifolia | ||||||||||||
| Family Name | Water Plantain ( Alismataceae ) | ||||||||||||
| 3 petal; pond / marsh plant
Aquatic perennial from tuber bearing roots. Arrow-shaped parallel-veined leaves. Three petaled flower are in whorls of 3 along a leafless flower stem. 30 cm - 1.2 m. Starch tuber can be eaten raw or stored for boiling or dried and pounded. Tubers also eaten by ducks - hence name "Duck Potato". Southwestern and Texas Wildflowers (Peterson Field Guides) page 6 Texas Wildflowers (Loughmiller) page 2 ( Duck Potato is Sagitarria falcata - hard to differentiate between species of Sagitarria) Wildflowers of Texas (Ajilvsgi) page 3 | |||||||||||||
May - Aug
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