<EM>Sagittaria latifolia </EM>Willd.: Species ID 593: Lewis and Clark as Naturalists

Sagittaria latifolia Willd.

syn. Sagittaria chinensis Pursh

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

syn. Sagittaria esculenta T.J. Howell

syn. Sagittaria latifolia Willd. var. obtusa (Engelm.) Wieg.

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

syn. Sagittaria longirostra (Micheli) J.G. Sm.

syn. Sagittaria obtusa Muhl. ex Willd., non Thunb.

syn. Sagittaria ornithorhyncha Small

syn. Sagittaria planipes Fern.

syn. Sagittaria pubescens Muhl. ex Nutt.

syn. Sagittaria variabilis Engelm. var. obtusa Engelm.

syn. Sagittaria viscosa C. Mohr

broadleaf arrowhead, wapato

Alismataceae
Cascades of the Columbia, Oregon		November 4, 1805
Sagittaria latifolia is not a plant that was collected during the expedition but it was an important and desirable source of food for the natives in a 70 mile stretch of the Columbia River (from Clark County, Washington to Multnomah County, Oregon) and became familiar food to the Corps. Both Lewis and Clark wrote about its trading value to the local tribes and about how the women gathered the bulbs from the roots in the shallow banks of the rivers. wapato These entries were written near Salmon Creek in Clark County, Washington. Capt. Clark, November 4, 1805--We landed at a ... more>>


illustration by Isaac Sprague Sagittaria latifolia (Haug004) Sagittaria latifolia (rah00095)

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