Botrychium crenulatum W.H.Wagner

Scalloped moonwort (en)

Species

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Characteristics

Trophophore stalk 0.5--7 mm; blade yellow-green, oblong, 1-pinnate, to 6 × 2 cm, thin, herbaceous. Pinnae to 5 pairs, spreading, well separated, distance between 1st and 2d pinnae not or slightly more than between 2d and 3d pairs, basal pinna pair approximately equal in size and cutting to adjacent pair, broadly fan-shaped, undivided to tip, margins mainly crenulate to dentate, proximal pinnae with 1 or more shallow incisions, apex rounded, apical lobe linear to linear-cuneate, well separated from adjacent lobes, venation like ribs of fan, midrib absent. Sporophores 1--2-pinnate, 1.3--3 times length of trophophore. 2 n =90.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

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Images

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Distribution

Botrychium crenulatum world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:35238-2
WFO ID wfo-0001110896
COL ID MPHD
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Synonyms

Botrychium crenulatum