Isoetaceae
Southern quillwort
Isoetes flaccida
- Family
- Isoetaceae
- Genus
- Isoetes
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Isoetes flaccidaIsoetaceae
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 中水韭
- English
- Southern quillwort
Synonyms
- Calamaria flaccida Kuntze
- Isoetes alata (N.Pfeiff.) Small
- Isoetes flaccida f. rigida (Engelm.) Clute
- Isoetes flaccida var. alata N.Pfeiff.
- Isoetes flaccida var. rigida 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.