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Taxon:  Sagittaria sagittifolia L. subsp. leucopetala (Miq.) Hartog



Summary
Genus:
Sagittaria
Family:
Alismataceae
Nomen number:
407760
Place of publication:
Steenis, Fl. males. ser. 1, 5(3):332. 1957
Verified:
02/26/1997 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Sagittaria sagittifolia L. (0 active accession[s])
Sagittaria sagittifolia L. subsp. sagittifolia (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Sagittaria sagittifolia L. var. leucopetala Miq.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Sagittaria japonica hort.
Sagittaria sagittifolia L. var. edulis Siebold ex Miq.
Sagittaria sinensis Sims
Sagittaria trifolia L.
Sagittaria trifolia L. var. edulis (Siebold ex Miq.) Ohwi, nom. inval.
Sagittaria trifolia L. var. sinensis (Sims) Makino
Sagittaria trifolia L. var. trifolia
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Reference(s)
  1. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
  2. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. Note: = Sagittaria sagittifolia
  3. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  4. Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). Note: = Sagittaria trifolia var. edulis
  5. Plant Protection and Quarantine Office. United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Federal noxious weed list (on-line resource).
  6. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  7. Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
  8. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
Common names
English
Chinese arrowhead –
swamp-potato –
swan-potato –
Japanese Rōmaji
kuwai –
Transcribed Korean
sogwinamul –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea  
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKyrgyzstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTajikistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaUzbekistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBhutan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaIndochina  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaSulawesi 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaSumateran.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationAstrakhan 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationKalmykia 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationVolgograd 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean parts.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine  
2Cultivated    cult. in Malesia & Oceania
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
4NaturalizedPacificSouth-Central PacificFrench PolynesiaSociety Islands 
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificFiji  
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Iran
  • CAUCASUS: Azerbaijan
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Japan, Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: Indochina
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Sulawesi, Sumatera (n.)], Philippines
Europe
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part (s.)], Russian Federation [Kalmykia, Astrakhan, Volgograd], Ukraine
Cultivated (cult. in Malesia & Oceania)
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales]
Pacific
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: French Polynesia [Society Islands]
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodvegetabletubers fide F Males; F USSR, as S. trifoliaSteenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
Weed as Sagittaria sagittaria trifoliaHolm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=407760. Accessed 30 April 2025.