Plant Details

Accepted name:: Sagittaria latifolia Willd. [Alismataceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
broadleaf arrowhead	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 49 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Sagitta latifolia (Willd.) Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 21 (1913).
Sagittaria engelmanniana subsp. longirostra (Micheli) Bogin Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 9: 223 (1955).
Sagittaria esculenta Howell Fl. N.W. Amer. 1: 679 (1903).
Sagittaria gigantea Riddell New Orleans Med. Surg. J. 9: 615 (1853), nom. illeg.
Sagittaria gracilis Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 396 (1813).
Sagittaria hastata Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 396 (1813).
Sagittaria hastata var. gracilis (Pursh) Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 213 (1818).
Sagittaria latifolia f. diversifolia B.L.Rob. Rhodora 10: 31 (1908).
Sagittaria latifolia var. glabra Buchenau in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 15: 50 (1903).
Sagittaria latifolia f. gracilis B.L.Rob. Rhodora 10: 31 (1908).
Sagittaria latifolia f. hastata B.L.Rob. Rhodora 10: 64 (1908).
Sagittaria latifolia var. major Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 396 (1813).
Sagittaria latifolia var. obtusa (Engelm.) Wiegand Rhodora 27: 186 (1925).
Sagittaria latifolia var. pubescens (Torr.) J.G.Sm. Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 26 (1894).
Sagittaria longirostra (Micheli) J.G.Sm. Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 26 (1894).
Sagittaria obtusa Muhl. ex Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 409 (1805), nom. illeg.
Sagittaria ornithorhyncha Small Man. S.E. Fl.: 25 (1933).
Sagittaria planipes Fernald Rhodora 49: 106 (1947).
Sagittaria pubescens Muhl. Cat. Pl. Amer. Sept.: 86 (1813), nom. nud.
Sagittaria sagittifolia var. angustifolia Hook. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 167 (1838), nom. illeg.
Sagittaria sagittifolia f. angustifolia (Engelm.) Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 17: 125 (1890), nom. illeg.
Sagittaria sagittifolia f. gracilis (Pursh) Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 17: 125 (1890).
Sagittaria sagittifolia var. gracilis (Pursh) Torr. Comp. Fl. N. Middle Stat.: 356 (1826).
Sagittaria sagittifolia f. hastata (Pursh) Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 17: 125 (1890).
Sagittaria sagittifolia var. hastata (Pursh) Torr. Comp. Fl. N. Middle Stat.: 355 (1826).
Sagittaria sagittifolia f. latifolia (Willd.) Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 17: 125 (1890).
Sagittaria sagittifolia var. latifolia (Willd.) Muhl. Cat. Pl. Amer. Sept.: 86 (1813).
Sagittaria sagittifolia var. longirostra Micheli in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 69 (1881).
Sagittaria sagittifolia var. macrophylla Hook. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 167 (1838).
Sagittaria sagittifolia f. obtusa (Engelm.) Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 17: 125 (1890).
Sagittaria sagittifolia var. pubescens Torr. Comp. Fl. N. Middle Stat.: 356 (1826).
Sagittaria sagittifolia var. variabilis (Engelm.) Micheli in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 69 (1881).
Sagittaria sagittifolia var. vulgaris Hook. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 167 (1838).
Sagittaria simplex Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 397 (1813).
Sagittaria variabilis Engelm. in A.Gray, Manual: 461 (1848).
Sagittaria variabilis var. angustifolia Engelm. in A.Gray, Manual, ed. 2: 439 (1856).
Sagittaria variabilis f. angustifolia E.L.Rand & Redfield Fl. Mt. Desert Isl.: 161 (1894).
Sagittaria variabilis var. diversifolia Engelm. in A.Gray, Manual, ed. 2: 439 (1856).
Sagittaria variabilis var. echinocephala Engelm. ex J.G.Sm. Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 6: 16 (1894).
Sagittaria variabilis var. gracilis (Pursh) Engelm. in A.Gray, Manual, ed. 2: 439 (1856).
Sagittaria variabilis f. hastata E.L.Rand & Redfield Fl. Mt. Desert Isl.: 160 (1894).
Sagittaria variabilis var. hastata (Pursh) Engelm. in A.Gray, Manual, ed. 5: 493 (1867).
Sagittaria variabilis var. latifolia (Willd.) Engelm. in A.Gray, Manual, ed. 2: 439 (1856).
Sagittaria variabilis var. obtusa Engelm. in A.Gray, Manual, ed. 2: 439 (1856).
Sagittaria variabilis f. obtusa E.L.Rand & Redfield Fl. Mt. Desert Isl.: 160 (1894).
Sagittaria variabilis var. pubescens (Torr.) Engelm. in A.Gray, Manual, ed. 5: 493 (1867).
Sagittaria variabilis var. sagittifolia Engelm. in A.Gray, Manual, ed. 2: 439 (1856).
Sagittaria viscosa C.Mohr Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 19 (1897).
Urospatha friedrichsthalii Schott Aroideae 1: 3 (1853).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Sagittaria latifolia Willd.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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