Isoetaceae
Maritime quillwort
Isoetes maritima
- Family
- Isoetaceae
- Genus
- Isoetes
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Common names
By language (15)
- Albanian
- Isoëtes maritima
- Arabic
- إسويط بحري
- Asturian
- Isoëtes maritima
- Dutch
- Isoëtes maritima
- English
- Maritime quillwort, Isoëtes maritima
- Finnish
- Isoëtes maritima
- German
- Isoëtes maritima
- Irish
- Isoëtes maritima
- Latin
- Isoëtes maritima
- Persian
- ایستس ماریتیما
- Polish
- Isoëtes maritima
- Portuguese
- Isoëtes maritima
- Romanian
- Isoëtes maritima
- Russian
- Полушник морской
- Ukrainian
- Isoëtes maritima
Synonyms
- Isoetes beringensis Kom.
- Isoetes braunii var. maritima N.Pfeiff.
- Isoetes echinospora f. maritima (Underw.) Clute
- Isoetes echinospora subsp. maritima (Underw.) Á.Löve
- Isoetes echinospora var. maritima (Underw.) A.A.Eaton
- Isoetes echinospora var. savilei B.Boivin
- Isoetes macounii A.A.Eaton
- Isoetes muricata subsp. maritima (Underw.) Hultén
- Isoetes setacea subsp. maritima (Underw.) Holub
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, 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.