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Plant profile · Austin & Hill Country

Longbarb Arrowhead

Sagittaria longiloba
native · Central Texas

Longbarb Arrowhead is a wildflower native to Central Texas that grows 3 ft tall. It wants full sun or part shade. Blooms white in Apr–Nov. Deer rarely browse it.

Wet ground only. A wetland plant: it needs standing water or saturated soil — a pond edge, creek bank or rain garden, not a dry upland bed.

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The facts

4 sources
Type
Wildflower
Sun
Full sun to part shade (3–6 hrs of direct sun)
Height
About 3 ft
Bloom
Apr–Nov · white
Deer
High — deer rarely browse it

Where it grows

6 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).

Can you buy it?

Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.