Isoetes flaccida Shuttleworth ex A. Braun. Common name: Winged Florida Quillwort. Habitat: Springs, stream bottoms, strand swamps, river bottoms, ditches. Distribution: S. GA and se. AL south to s. FL.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: A diploid species (2n=22).
Synonymy ⓘ: = Isoetes flaccida Shuttlew. ex A.Braun var. flaccida — K4, Brunton (2015); < Isoetes flaccida Shuttlew. ex A.Braun — Fl1, FNA2, SFla, WH3, Musselman (2001), Singhurst et al (2011); > Isoetes flaccida Shuttlew. ex A.Braun var. alata N.Pfeiff. — NS, POWO; > Isoetes flaccida Shuttlew. ex A.Braun var. flaccida — NS, POWO, S13, Sf; Isoetes flaccida Shuttlew. ex A.Braun. Basionym: Isoetes flaccida Shuttlew. ex A.Braun 1846
Links to other floras: < Isoetes flaccida - FNA2
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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© Alan Cressler: Isoetes flaccida, Three Sisters Spring, Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge, Citrus County, Florida 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Isoetes flaccida, Unnamed Ephemeral Stream, Sopchoppy River, Apalachicola National Forest, Wakulla County, Florida 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
© Alan Cressler: Isoetes flaccida, Unnamed Ephemeral Stream, Sopchoppy River, Apalachicola National Forest, Wakulla County, Florida 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷Feedback
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