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Isoetes drummondii A.Braun
Quillwort

Reference
Monatsber.Königl.Preuss.Akad.Wiss.Berlin 1868:542 (1868)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Cormous, perennial, herb or (fern ally), 0.004-0.18 m high, brown scale leaves present, surrounding the leaves; sporangia naked; megaspores tuberculate. Sand, clay, loam. Swampy areas subject to winter flooding and dryness in summer.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 9 August 1999

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Edel, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Mardabilla, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Busselton, Canning, Capel, Carnamah, Cranbrook, Dandaragan, Denmark, Esperance, Harvey, Jerramungup, Kojonup, Manjimup, Mingenew, Nannup, Northampton, Pingelly, Quairading, Swan, Westonia, York.