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Isoetes flaccida var. alata

Isoetes flaccida Shuttlw. ex A. Braun var. alata N.E. Pfeiffer

Florida Quillwort, Southern Quillwort

Isoetaceae (Quillwort family)

Synonym(s):

USDA Symbol: ISFLA

USDA Native Status: L48 (N)

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Size Notes: Up to about 2 feet tall.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: Not Applicable
Bloom Notes: Non-flowering, sporulating plant. Sporulates Jun - Aug.

Distribution

USA: FL , GA
Native Habitat: Emergent or in shallow water of lakes, ponds, streams, ditches and marshes.

Web Reference

Webref 57 - Atlas of Florida Plants (2020) Institute for Systematic Botany
Webref 38 - Flora of North America (2019) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Webref 23 - Southwest Environmental Information Network (2009) SEINet - Arizona Chapter

Additional resources

USDA: Find Isoetes flaccida var. alata in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Isoetes flaccida var. alata in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Isoetes flaccida var. alata

Metadata

Record Modified: 2020-11-02
Research By: CBR

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