Delta arrowhead

Sagittaria platyphylla

Delta arrowhead

Family: Alismataceae

Weed class: noClass
Native to: Eastern United States, Mexico, Panama
Legal listings:

This plant is on the quarantine list. It is prohibited to transport, buy, sell, offer for sale, or distribute plants or plant parts of quarantined species into or within the state of Washington or to sell, offer for sale, or distribute seed packets of seed, flower seed blends, or wildflower mixes of quarantined species into or within the state of Washington. Please see WAC 16-752 for more information on the quarantine list.


Why Is It a Noxious Weed?

This plant is not listed on the Washington State Noxious Weed List but is listed on the Washington State Prohibited Plants/Quarantine List. For questions about the quarantine list, contact the Washington State Department of Agriculture's Plant Services Program at (360) 902-1874 or email PlantServices@agr.wa.gov.

How would I identify it?

For More Information

Information from Australia's Queensland Government Department of Agriculture and Fisheries on Sagittaria platyphylla

Article - The Biology of Australian weeds 60. Sagittaria platyphylla (Engelmann) J.G. Smith and Sagittaria calycina Engelmann

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