Nuphar sagittifolia (Walter) Pursh
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Detail
- Family
- Nymphaeaceae
- Botanical Name
- Nuphar sagittifolia (Walter) Pursh
- Common Name
- Narrow-leaved Spatterdock
- Synonym(s)
- Nuphar sagittifolium (Walt.) Pursh (orthographic variant); Nuphar lutea J.E. Smith ssp. sagittifolia (Walter) E.O. Beal (see N. advena)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Nuphar sagittifolia (Walt.) Pursh
- Comments
- While listing this as a species in FNA, the text states "probably best treated as a subspecies." In the field in Virginia, it appears distinct, with an abrupt shift from N. advena in the shallows to N. sagittifolia in deeper water.
- Habitat
- Freshwater tidal aquatic beds and mud flats. Rare, Coastal Plain; occurs only on the Chickahominy River in James City, Charles City, and New Kent counties, where locally common, forming large floating beds.
- Native Status
- Native
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