Botrychium montanum W.H.Wagner

Mountain moonwort (en)

Species

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Characteristics

Trophophore stalk 0.3--2 cm, 0.2--0.5 times length of rachis; blade dull, glaucous, gray-green, mostly linear, lobed to 1-pinnate, to 6 × 0.7 cm, somewhat succulent. Pinnae or lobes to 6 pairs, ascending, mostly widely separated, distance between 1st and 2d pinnae not or slightly more than between 2d and 3d pairs, extremely variable in outline, linear to cuneate, undivided to tip, margins entire to coarsely dentate, distal pinnae or blade tip cut into 3--5 lobes, apex angular, venation like ribs of fan, midrib absent. Sporophores 1-pinnate, 1.5--4.5 times length of sporophore. 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 montanum world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:35292-2
WFO ID wfo-0001110892
COL ID MPJM
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Synonyms

Botrychium montanum