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Broad-leaved Arrow-head
There are a lot of flowers out there, and you need to make sure you
plant the right ones. Keep in mind the following:
Sagittaria latifolia (S.
variabilis)
Location
o Your geographical area
Flowers--White, 1 to 1-1/2 in.
o Where you plan to plant the flowers
wide, in 3-bracted whorls of
Color of the blooms 3, borne near the summit of a
o Is there a color preference or style you are going for? leafless scape 4 in. to 4 ft.
o Do you plan to create a pattern with your flowers? tall. Calyx of 3 sepals; corolla
Usefulness of 3 rounded, spreading
o Do you need flowers that have a purpose? petals. Stamens and pistils
o What is the purpose you need? numerous, the former yellow
o Are the plants edible? in upper flowers; usually
Allergens absent or imperfect in lower
o Are you allergic to certain types? pistillate flowers.
Flower Name Tastes Like Other Comments Leaves: Exceedingly variable; those under water usually long and
Angelica Celery May cause skin grass-like; upper ones sharply arrow-shaped or blunt and broad,
allergies spongy or leathery, on long petioles.
Basil Lemon and Mint Variety of flavors
Dandelion Similar to Makes a potent wine
mushrooms Preferred Habitat--Shallow water and mud.
Nasturtium Sweet peppery Often pickled
flavor
Flowering Season--July-September.
While no single plant is yet thoroughly known to scientists, in spite Flowers--Minute, greenish yellow, clustered on the lower part of a
of the years of study devoted by specialists to separate groups, no smooth, club-shaped, slender spadix within a green and maroon or
plant remains wholly meaningless. When Keppler discovered the whitish-striped spathe that curves in a broad-pointed flap above it.
majestic order of movement of the heavenly bodies, he exclaimed,
"O God, I think Thy thoughts after Thee!"--the expression of a
discipleship every reverent soul must be conscious of in penetrating,
Leaves: 3-foliate, usually overtopping the spathe, their slender
be it ever so little a way, into the inner meaning of the humblest
petioles 9 to 30 in. high, or as tall as the scape that rises from an
wayside weed.
acrid corm.