DUCK POTATO

Sagittaria latifolia & Sagittaria lancifolia

1 to 5 feet

Fast rate of growth

Full sun

Requires wet soil or shallow standing water

Zones 3 to 10

Herbaceous perennial.

S. latifolia has arrow-shaped leaves; S. lancifolia has lance-shaped leaves and

spikes of three-petaled white flowers on leafless stalks, rising above the leaves.

Useful in ponds, swales, ditches and canal banks.