Isoetaceae
Shore quillwort
Isoetes riparia
- Family
- Isoetaceae
- Genus
- Isoetes
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Isoetes ripariaIsoetaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Shore quillwort
Synonyms
- Calamaria riparia (Engelm.) Kuntze
- Isoetes amesii A.A.Eaton ex Gilbert
- Isoetes foveolata var. plenospora A.A.Eaton
- Isoetes riparia f. saccharata (Engelm.) Clute
- Isoetes riparia f. saccharata (Engelm.) Proctor
- Isoetes riparia var. palmeri (A.A.Eaton ex Steele) Proctor
- Isoetes riparia var. reticulata (A.A.Eaton ex Steele) Proctor
- Isoetes riparia var. riparia
- Isoetes saccharata f. palmeri (A.A.Eaton) A.A.Eaton
- Isoetes saccharata f. reticulata
- Isoetes saccharata var. palmeri A.A.Eaton
- Isoetes saccharata var. reticulata A.A.Eaton
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- 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.