Isoetaceae
Appalachian quillwort
Isoetes appalachiana
- Family
- Isoetaceae
- Genus
- Isoetes
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Isoetes appalachianaIsoetaceae
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Common names
By language (18)
- Albanian
- Isoëtes appalachiana
- Asturian
- Isoëtes appalachiana
- Bulgarian
- Isoëtes appalachiana
- Dutch
- Isoëtes appalachiana
- English
- Appalachian quillwort, Isoëtes appalachiana
- Finnish
- Isoëtes appalachiana
- French
- Isoëtes appalachiana
- German
- Isoëtes appalachiana
- Greek
- Ισοέτης ο απαλαχικός
- Irish
- Isoëtes appalachiana
- Italian
- Isoëtes appalachiana
- Latin
- Isoëtes appalachiana
- Polish
- Isoëtes appalachiana
- Portuguese
- Isoëtes appalachiana
- Romanian
- Isoëtes appalachiana
- Russian
- Isoëtes appalachiana
- Spanish
- Isoëtes appalachiana
- Ukrainian
- Isoëtes appalachiana
Synonyms
- Isoetes engelmannii f. fontana (A.A.Eaton) Clute
- Isoetes engelmannii f. georgiana (Engelm.) Clute
- Isoetes engelmannii var. fontana A.A.Eaton
- Isoetes engelmannii var. georgiana Engelm.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.