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Triglochin is a plant genus in the family Juncaginaceae described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 338-33* in Latin Tropicos, Triglochin L. It includes 25 known species. It is very nearly cosmopolitan in distribution, with species on every continent except Antarctica. North America has four accepted species, two of which can also be found in Europe: Triglochin palustris (marsh arrowgrass) and Triglochin maritima (sea arrowgrass). Flora of North America Vol. 22 Arrow-grass, troscart Triglochin Linnaeus Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Triglochin includes photos plus European distribution maps Australia has many more. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Flora of China Vol. 23 Page 105 水麦冬属 shui mai dong shu Triglochin Linnaeus
The most widely used common name for the genus is arrowgrass, although these plants are not really . Many of the common names for species make use of the term "arrowgrass", although there are exceptions: T. procera, for example, is commonly known as water ribbons.
Arrowgrasses are used as food plants by the of some Lepidoptera species including the grey chi moth.
The inflorescences are spikes or racemes. The flowers have two bracts. Each flower has three or six herbaceous and deciduous perianth segments. Three to six stamens are connected at the base of the perianth segments and fall with the perianths. There are three to six carpels with a one chambered ovary containing a single ovule. The styles are short and may be fused at the base. The stigmas are often stalkless and plumose.
The fruits have 3-6 free or fused curved follicles or achenes (small, dry, one seeded fruits with a loose covering)that break away from a persistent three winged axis. The seed is erect with a straight embryo.
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