Broadleaf Arrowhead is a distinctive native aquatic and emergent wetland plant with large, arrowhead-shaped leaves and whorled spikes of white, three-petaled flowers. Found in shallow water and muddy shores across most of North America, it produces starchy underground tubers called 'duck potatoes' that were a major food source for Indigenous peoples and are eagerly consumed by ducks and geese. The tubers were called wapato and were an important trade item among Pacific Northwest tribes.
Best time to see a Broadleaf Arrowhead
The best time to see a Broadleaf Arrowhead is July–August, when about 65% of U.S. sightings happen, based on 12,328 research-grade iNaturalist observations.
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