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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Alismataceae |
| Genus: | Sagittaria |
| Species: | S. pygmaea |
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| Sagittaria pygmaea Miq. | |
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Sagittaria pygmaea, commonly known as the dwarf arrowhead or pygmy arrowhead, is an aquatic plant species. It is a perennial herb producing by means of stolons. Leaves are linear to slightly spatula-shaped, not lobed, up to 30 centimetres (12 inches) long.
It is native to Japan (including the Ryukyu Islands), Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Bhutan and China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang). It grows in shallow water in marshes, channels and rice paddies.
References
- ^ "Sagittaria pygmaea". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
- "Sagittaria pygmaea". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
- ^ "Sagittaria pygmaea in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
- Gakkai, Nihon Shokubutsu; Gakkai, Tåokyåo Shokubutsu; Gakkai, Tokyo Shokubutsu (1902-01-01). "The Botanical Magazine". Botanical Magazine Tokyo. v.16 (1902). ISSN 0006-808X.
- Nakai, Takenoshin (1943). Journal of Japanese Botany. . Tokyo 19:247. "Blyxa coreana".
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