Sagittaria trifolia L.

 
  • Family : ALISMATACEAE
    (Water-Plantain Or Arrowhead Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ALISMA FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : ALISMATACEAE
  • Synonym(s) : Sagittaria sagittifolia subsp. leucopetala (Miq.) Hartog
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Sagittaria trifolia L.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Aquatic
  • Comments / notes : Submerged in margins of tanks, swampy areas and paddy fields
  • Flower, Fruit : February-May
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district
    • Maharashtra : Nagpur district, Sindhudurg district
    • Odisha : Cuttack district
  • World Distribution : Tropical and temperate Asia, Europe, Pacific Islands
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4; B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state – Monocotyledons; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Sagittaria trifolia. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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