Everwilde Farms - 1 oz Common Arrowhead Native Wildflower Seeds - Gold Vault Bulk Seed Packet

Native to ponds, streams, and marshes, this perennial is known by its arrowhead-shaped leaves and white three-petaled flowers. This plant is also known as Duck Potato because it grows tubers that the ducks like to eat. Native to swamps and marshy areas, this plant has a long history of use by Native American tribes because of the potato-like tubers that form at its roots. The common name "duck potato" refers to the many wild birds that forage both from the seeds and the tubers. Famed explorers Lewis and Clark first discovered this plant at Oregon's Willamette River, noting that it was a valued source of food. The genus name "sagittaria" means "arrow-shaped" in reference to the leaves, while the species name "latifolia" means "wide-leaved."