Sagittaria latifolia is a perennial herb with an erect growth habit. The leaves are sheathing, and glabrous, and it is cosmopolitan in distribution, present throughout North America, northern Europe, and Asia. Wapato is a tuberous plant that can grow prolifically in immense, homogenous, wetland fields hundreds of acres in extent. The roots were an important food and trade commodity for the Native peoples who lived within the Northwest Coast cultural area. The tubers of this plant were called ...
