Sagittaria
[4] It is obliquely obovate, the margins winged, with an apical or ventral beak; in other words, they are a small, dry, one-seeded fruit that do not open to release the seed, set on a slant, narrower at the base, with winged edges, and having a "beaked" aperture (one side longer than the other) for sprouting, set above or below the fruit body.Many species have edible roots, prized for millennia as a reliable source of starch and carbohydrates, even during the winter.[8] They can be harvested by hand or by treading the mud in late fall or early spring, causing light root tubers to float to the surface.[4] Native American peoples such as the Algonquian, Omaha, Pawnee, and Winnebago used the tubers for food, prepared by boiling or roasting.[9] Sagittaria is mentioned in the Omaha myths "Ishtinike and the Four Creators" and "How the Big Turtle Went to War".
Katniss EverdeenSagittaria (drag queen)S. sagittifoliaScientific classificationPlantaeTracheophytesAngiospermsMonocotsAlismatalesAlismataceaeType speciesSynonymsaquatic plantsCentralNorth AmericaEuropeAfricaperennialrhizomestoloniferousarrowheadS. latifoliaS. trifoliaSagittaria ambiguaSagittaria australisSagittaria brevirostraSagittaria calycinaSagittaria cristataSagittaria cuneataSagittaria demersaSagittaria engelmannianaSagittaria fasciculataSagittaria filiformisSagittaria gramineaSagittaria guayanensisSagittaria isoetiformisSagittaria kurzianaSagittaria lancifoliaSagittaria latifoliaSagittaria longilobaSagittaria macrocarpaSagittaria macrophyllaSagittaria montevidensisSchltdl.Sagittaria natansSagittaria papillosaBuchenauSagittaria platyphyllaSagittaria pygmaeaSagittaria rigidaSagittaria sagittifoliaSagittaria sanfordiiSagittaria secundifoliaSagittaria subulataSagittaria teresSagittaria trifoliaEchinodorus palaefoliusWiesneria triandraedible rootsroot tubersAlgonquianPawneeWinnebagoOmaha-PoncaPeter KalmLewis and ClarkHunger Games franchiseFlora of North AmericaJulian MessnerIntegrated Taxonomic Information SystemAngier, Bradfordpublic domainWikispeciesWikidataeFloraSAFloraBaseiNaturalistOpen Tree of LifeTropicosVicFlora