Landscape Uses:
	Water gardens and along pond and lake edges.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Commonly available at native plant nurseries in central Florida. Available at native plant nurseries in South Florida.
Description:
	Medium herbaceous wildflower.
Height:
	Typically 2-3 feet in height. Usually taller than broad.
Growth Rate:
	Fast.
Range:
	Eastern and southeastern United States west to Texas and Oklahoma and south to the Monroe County Keys; West Indies, Mexico, Central America and northern South America. Very rare or extirpated in the Monroe County Keys where collected once on Big Pine Key in 1951.
Habitats:
	Swamps and marshes.
Soils:
	Wet, poorly-drained organic soils.
Nutritional Requirements:
	High; requires rich organic soils for optimal growth.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Low; does not tolerate flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
Drought Tolerance:
	Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	White and yellow.
Flower Characteristics:
	Showy.
Flowering Season:
	Spring-fall.
Fruit:
	Inconspicuous achene.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Provides food for birds. Attracts a variety of pollinators.
Horticultural Notes:
	Can be grown from seed and division.
Comments:
	See a 2019 post on the Treasure Coast Natives blog on aquatic emergent plants, including bulltongue arrowhead, and the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page.