Wildflower (forb) · Alismataceae
Broadleaf arrowhead
Sagittaria latifolia
Broadleaf arrowhead is recorded as native to 40 states and territories in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in 1,290 counties of those states by USDA PLANTS.
Key facts · USDA PLANTS
Broadleaf arrowhead at a glance
- Native in
- 1,290 counties, across 40 states and territories
- Estimated cold hardiness
- Zone 4a PLANTS minimum temperature −33°F
- Mature height
- 4.9 ft PLANTS mature height
- Light and water
- Full sun (shade-intolerant) High water use
Estimated cold hardiness: zone 4a. PLANTS gives a minimum temperature of −33°F; zone 4a winters bottom out at −30°F, the coldest half-zone that stays within that limit.
Broadleaf arrowhead is recorded as native to 40 states and territories in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in 1,290 counties of those states by USDA PLANTS.
Counties where it is native
The 15 counties with the most ZIP codes among the 1,290 where it is listed.
Native counties by state
- Alabama 38 counties
- Arkansas 22 counties
- California 25 counties
- Colorado 9 counties
- Connecticut statewide record
- Delaware 1 county
- District of Columbia 1 county
- Florida 27 counties
- Georgia 14 counties
- Illinois 72 counties
- Indiana 56 counties
- Iowa 8 counties
- Kansas 58 counties
- Kentucky 38 counties
- Louisiana 44 counties
- Maine 16 counties
- Massachusetts 14 counties
- Michigan 64 counties
- Minnesota 64 counties
- Mississippi 20 counties
- Missouri 47 counties
- Nebraska 40 counties
- New Hampshire 10 counties
- New Jersey 20 counties
- New Mexico 4 counties
- New York 58 counties
- North Carolina 65 counties
- North Dakota 14 counties
- Ohio 64 counties
- Oklahoma 8 counties
- Pennsylvania 61 counties
- Rhode Island 3 counties
- South Carolina 16 counties
- South Dakota 20 counties
- Tennessee 39 counties
- Texas 19 counties
- Vermont 14 counties
- Virginia 93 counties
- West Virginia 34 counties
- Wisconsin 70 counties
Growing traits
Values from the PLANTS characteristics record. “Not recorded” means PLANTS has no value; nothing here is estimated except the zone.
Growth
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Mature height
- 4.9 ft
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Shape
- Erect
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Active growth period
- Spring
Light and water
- Shade tolerance
- Intolerant (full sun (shade-intolerant))
- Moisture use
- High water use
- Drought tolerance
- None
- Tolerance of waterlogged soil
- High
- Precipitation range
- 14 to 50 in per year
Soil
- Soil textures
- Medium and fine
- pH range
- 4.7 to 8.9
- Lime (CaCO₃) tolerance
- High
- Salinity tolerance
- None
- Fertility requirement
- Low
- Minimum root depth
- 18 in
Climate
- Minimum temperature
- −33°F
- Estimated cold hardiness
- Zone 4a and warmer
- Minimum frost-free days
- 95
- Fire tolerance
- None
Flowers, leaves and fruit
- Flower color
- Yellow
- Showy flowers
- Yes
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Foliage color
- Green
- Showy in fall
- No
- Keeps leaves
- No
- Fruit color
- Not recorded
Other
- Toxicity
- None
- Nitrogen fixation
- None
- Nursery availability
- Routinely Available
- Family
- Alismataceae
- PLANTS symbol
- SALA2
Source & data date
- Source
- USDA NRCS PLANTS Database: county distribution records, native status and plant characteristics. CC0 (public domain dedication, per the data.gov catalog record).
- Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP): native or introduced status by state. CC BY 3.0.
- USGS US-RIIS (ver. 2.0): species listed as introduced are excluded. CC0.
- Citation
- USDA, NRCS. 2026. The PLANTS Database (https://plants.usda.gov, 11/04/2026). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC USA.
- Govaerts R. (ed.) (2026). WCVP: World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Data file dated 2026-06-04, http://sftp.kew.org/pub/data-repositories/WCVP/ (retrieved 2026-11-04). Paper: Govaerts R. et al. (2021) The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8, 215.
- Data date
- Retrieved from PLANTS on November 4, 2026; WCVP data file dated June 4, 2026.
- Scope
- Sagittaria latifolia (PLANTS symbol SALA2).
- Method
- A species is listed when it is recorded as native to the state in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in the county by USDA PLANTS. Species PLANTS labels both native and introduced are listed separately. Full method · All sources