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| Name | Arrowhead | ||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Sagittaria latifolia | ||||||||||
| Description | Sagittaria latifolia is a plant found in shallow wetlands and is sometimes known as broadleaf arrowhead, duck potato, Indian potato, or wapato. This plant produces edible tubers that were extensively used by the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. | ||||||||||
| Primary ID | FOOD00289 | ||||||||||
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| Classification | |||||||||||
| Group | Vegetables | ||||||||||
| Sub-Group | Tubers | ||||||||||
| Taxonomy | |||||||||||
| Superkingdom | Eukaryota | ||||||||||
| Kingdom | Viridiplantae | ||||||||||
| Phylum | Streptophyta | ||||||||||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | ||||||||||
| Order | Alismatales | ||||||||||
| Family | Alismataceae | ||||||||||
| Genus | Sagittaria | ||||||||||
| Species | latifolia | ||||||||||
| Variety | Not Available | ||||||||||
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| ITIS ID | 38908 | ||||||||||
| Wikipedia ID | Sagittaria_latifolia | ||||||||||
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| References | |||||||||||
| Content Reference | — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page. | ||||||||||