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Sagittaria platyphylla

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Family Alismataceae

Taxonomy: Sagittaria platyphylla (Engelm.) J.G.Sm.

Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Sagittaria graminea subsp. platyphylla S.W.L.Jacobs (taxonomic synonym)
  • Sagittaria graminea var. platyphylla Engelm. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Sagittaria graminea var. weatherbiana Bogin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Sagittaria graminea var. weatherbyana (Fernald) Bogin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Sagittaria mohrii J.G.Sm. ex C.Mohr (taxonomic synonym)
  • Sagittaria recurva Patt. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Sagittaria weatherbiana Fernald (taxonomic synonym)
  • Sagittaria weatherbyana Fernald (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Sagittaria graminea Michx. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (formerly naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (5), ABRS_2023 (8), Catford_2014 (8), NHNSW_2014_2 (9), NHNSW_2024 (7), RBGV_2022 (5), RBGV_2023 (12), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (8), WAH_2022_2 (5), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 26 traits from 75 records in 13 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): white_cream (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): monoecious (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 2.25 mm (2-2.5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 1.3 mm (1.1-1.5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): achene (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 276.11 mm (83.3-500 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 79.16 mm (20-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 55 cm (55-55 cm) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • leaf_type (categorical): broadleaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2024]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): cordate (2); linear (4); narrowly_ovate (1); ovate (3); strap-shaped (1); terete (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): distichous (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Catford_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Catford_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • plant_growth_substrate (categorical): aquatic (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): rhizomatous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; Catford_2014; WAH_2022_2]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): hydrochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Catford_2014]
  • flowering_time (categorical): yynnnnnnnyyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (1) [sources: Catford_2014]
  • storage_organ (categorical): corm (2); rhizome (4); root_tuber (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2024; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.69 mg (0.69-0.69 mg) [sources: Catford_2014]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_2023812VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_279Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_202388Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Catford_201488J. A. Catford, W. K. Morris, P. A. Vesk, C. J. Gippel, and B. J. Downes. “Species and environmental characteristics point to flow regulation and drought as drivers of riparian plant invasion”. Diversity and Distributions 20 (2014), pp. 1084-1096. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12225.
SAH_202368S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
NHNSW_202467N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on December, 2023.. 2024. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_202255Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_202255VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_255Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
SAH_202244S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
WAH_2023_211Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.