Sagittaria latifolia
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Sagittaria latifolia is a North American aquatic plant with arrow-shaped leaves whose starchy tubers have long been used as a traditional food source by Indigenous peoples.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sagittaria latifolia canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23501435 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sagittaria latifolia Context triple: [wapato plant, alsoKnownAs, Sagittaria latifolia]
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A.
Pachira aquatica
Pachira aquatica is a tropical wetland tree commonly grown as the ornamental "money tree," valued for its braided trunk and association with good fortune in feng shui.
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B.
Ludwigia peploides
Ludwigia peploides is an aquatic flowering plant commonly known as floating primrose-willow, often found in wetlands and waterways where it can form dense mats.
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C.
Trapa natans
Trapa natans, commonly known as water chestnut, is an aquatic plant species characterized by its floating rosettes of leaves and hard, horned fruits, often considered invasive in freshwater ecosystems.
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D.
Pistia stratiotes
Pistia stratiotes is a free-floating freshwater aquatic plant, commonly known as water lettuce, recognized for its rosette of velvety leaves and its role as an invasive species in many warm regions.
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E.
Myriophyllum
Myriophyllum is a genus of aquatic flowering plants, commonly known as water milfoils, found in freshwater habitats worldwide and noted for their finely divided submerged leaves.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sagittaria latifolia Target entity description: Sagittaria latifolia is a North American aquatic plant with arrow-shaped leaves whose starchy tubers have long been used as a traditional food source by Indigenous peoples.
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A.
Pachira aquatica
Pachira aquatica is a tropical wetland tree commonly grown as the ornamental "money tree," valued for its braided trunk and association with good fortune in feng shui.
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B.
Ludwigia peploides
Ludwigia peploides is an aquatic flowering plant commonly known as floating primrose-willow, often found in wetlands and waterways where it can form dense mats.
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C.
Trapa natans
Trapa natans, commonly known as water chestnut, is an aquatic plant species characterized by its floating rosettes of leaves and hard, horned fruits, often considered invasive in freshwater ecosystems.
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D.
Pistia stratiotes
Pistia stratiotes is a free-floating freshwater aquatic plant, commonly known as water lettuce, recognized for its rosette of velvety leaves and its role as an invasive species in many warm regions.
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E.
Myriophyllum
Myriophyllum is a genus of aquatic flowering plants, commonly known as water milfoils, found in freshwater habitats worldwide and noted for their finely divided submerged leaves.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Wapato Island