Isoetaceae
Isoëtes hyemalis
Isoetes hyemalis
- Family
- Isoetaceae
- Genus
- Isoetes
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Common names
By language (30)
- Albanian
- Isoëtes hyemalis
- Aragonese
- Isoëtes hyemalis
- Asturian
- Isoëtes hyemalis
- Basque
- Isoëtes hyemalis
- Bulgarian
- Isoëtes hyemalis
- Catalan
- Isoëtes hyemalis
- Cebuano
- Isoëtes hyemalis
- Dutch
- Isoëtes hyemalis
- English
- Isoëtes hyemalis, Evergreen quillwort
- Esperanto
- Isoëtes hyemalis
- ext
- Isoëtes hyemalis
- Finnish
- Isoëtes hyemalis
- French
- Isoëtes hyemalis
- Galician
- Isoëtes hyemalis
- German
- Isoëtes hyemalis
- ie
- Isoëtes hyemalis
- Interlingua
- Isoëtes hyemalis
- io
- Isoëtes hyemalis
- Irish
- Isoëtes hyemalis
- Italian
- Isoëtes hyemalis
- Latin
- Isoëtes hyemalis
- Occitan
- Isoëtes hyemalis
- Polish
- Isoëtes hyemalis
- Portuguese
- Isoëtes hyemalis
- Romanian
- Isoëtes hyemalis
- Russian
- Isoëtes hyemalis
- Spanish
- Isoëtes hyemalis
- Ukrainian
- Isoëtes hyemalis
- vo
- Isoëtes hyemalis
- war
- Isoëtes hyemalis
Synonyms
- Isoetes canadensis var. amesii (A.A.Eaton) Clute
- Isoetes riparia var. amesii (A.A.Eaton ex Gilbert) Proctor
- Isoetes saccharata var. amesii A.A.Eaton
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: John Kees, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: John Kees, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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.