Isoetaceae
Bolander's quillwort
Isoetes bolanderi
- Family
- Isoetaceae
- Genus
- Isoetes
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Bolander's quillwort
- French
- Isoète de Bolander
- Persian
- علف شهپر بولندر
Synonyms
- Calamaria bolanderi (Engelm.) Kuntze
- Calamaria pygmaea (Engelm.) Kuntze
- Isoetes bolanderi f. pygmaea (Engelm.) Clute
- Isoetes bolanderi var. bolanderi
- Isoetes bolanderi var. parryi Engelm.
- Isoetes bolanderi var. pygmaea Clute
- Isoetes bolanderi var. sonnei L.F.Hend.
- Isoetes californica Engelm.
- Isoetes parryi Engelm.
- Isoetes pygmaea Engelm.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Dean Wm. Taylor, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dean Wm. Taylor, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Timothy McNitt https://www.inaturalist.org/people/frondsinhighplaces, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Timothy McNitt https://www.inaturalist.org/people/frondsinhighplaces, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Timothy McNitt https://www.inaturalist.org/people/frondsinhighplaces, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.