Land Quillwort

Isoetes histrix

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Botanical name
Isoetes histrix
Also known as
Land Quillwort
Family
Isoetaceae
Genus
Isoetes
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Land Quillwort

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

GardenDecoded's botanical data covers every accepted species, but growing advice is written by hand rather than imported — so it exists only for the plants we have worked through so far. The botanical detail above is complete and sourced.

Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Isoetes histrix but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Calamaria histrix Cephaloceraton histrix Isoetes chaeturetii Isoetes histrix f. desquamata Isoetes histrix f. longispina Isoetes histrix f. loricata Isoetes histrix f. subinermis Isoetes histrix subvar. armata Isoetes histrix subvar. inermis Isoetes histrix unranked grandis Isoetes histrix unranked longispina Isoetes histrix unranked nana Isoetes histrix unranked solitaria Isoetes histrix var. desquamata Isoetes histrix var. grandis Isoetes histrix var. lacunosa Isoetes histrix var. loricata Isoetes histrix var. scutellata Isoetes histrix var. submersa Isoetes hystrix subsp. algarbiensis Isoetes hystrix subsp. arcuata Isoetes hystrix subsp. cesatii Isoetes hystrix subsp. collina Isoetes hystrix subsp. corsica Isoetes hystrix subsp. hispanica Isoetes hystrix subsp. horridula Isoetes hystrix subsp. Iongifolia Isoetes hystrix subsp. longiseta Isoetes hystrix subsp. numidica Isoetes hystrix subsp. oceanica Isoetes hystrix subsp. oranensis Isoetes hystrix subsp. phrygia Isoetes hystrix subsp. todaroi Isoetes hystrix subsp. transiens Isoetes setacea

Others in Isoetes

Isoetes asiatica
Isoetes bradei
Isoetes × brittonii
Isoetes × kareniae
Isoetes × marensis
Isoetes bilaspurensis
Isoetes caparaoensis
Isoetes × echtuckeri

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