Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Monocots
Family Name: Alismataceae

Alisma - [maps | photos]

• Alisma subcordatum Raf.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: American water plantain
  Synonyms:
  

         • Alisma plantago-aquatica L. var. parviflorum (Pursh) Torr.

Echinodorus - [maps | photos]

• Echinodorus berteroi (Spreng.) Fassett (TN Special Concern)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: upright burrhead
  Synonyms:
  

         • Echinodorus rostratus (Nutt.) Engelm. ex A. Gray

• Echinodorus cordifolius (L.) Griseb.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: creeping burrhead

Sagittaria - [maps | photos]

• Sagittaria australis (J.G. Sm.) Small
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: longbeak arrowhead
  Synonyms:
  

         • Sagittaria engelmanniana J.G. Sm. ssp. longirostra (Micheli) Bogin

         • Sagittaria longirostra (Micheli) J.G. Sm. var. australis J.G. Sm.

• Sagittaria brevirostra Mackenzie & Bush (TN Threatened)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: shortbeak arrowhead
  Synonyms:
  

         • Sagittaria engelmanniana J.G. Sm. ssp. brevirostra (Mackenzie & Bush) Bogin

• Sagittaria graminea Michx. (TN Threatened)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: grassy arrowhead

• Sagittaria latifolia Willd.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: broadleaf arrowhead
  Synonyms:
  

         • Sagittaria latifolia Willd. var. pubescens (Muhl. ex Nutt.) J.G. Sm.

         • Sagittaria engelmanniana J.G. Sm. ssp. longirostra (Micheli) Bogin

• Sagittaria montevidensis Cham. & Schltdl.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: hooded arrowhead
  Synonyms:
  

         • Lophotocarpus calycinus (Engelm.) J.G. Sm.

         • Sagittaria montevidensis Cham. & Schlecht. ssp. calycina (Engelm.) Bogin

         • Sagittaria calycina Engelm.

• Sagittaria platyphylla (Engelm.) J.G. Sm. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: delta arrowhead
  Synonyms:
  

         • Sagittaria graminea Michx. var. platyphylla Engelm.

• Sagittaria rigida Pursh (TN Endangered)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: sessilefruit arrowhead

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.