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Plants
Glossy arrowhead leaves and a violet-blue flower spike in shallow water.
Field facts
HabitatPond margins, marsh, slow streams
RangeStatewide
When to lookFlowers June to September
StatusSecure (Indiana DNR / IUCN Red List)
Look-alikesArrow Arum, Common Arrowhead
Field note: Named because pickerel are said to lurk among its stems.
Lesson
Watching responsibly
A prime bumblebee and damselfly plant — do not clear pond edges bare.
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