Botrychium mormo W.H.Wagner

Little goblin moonwort (en)

Species

Pteridophytes > Ophioglossales > Ophioglossaceae > Botrychioideae > Botrychium

Characteristics

Trophophore stalk 0.2--2.5 cm, usually 0.3--0.6 times length of trophophore rachis; blade yellow-green to green, shiny, linear to linear-spatulate, lobed (rarely 1-pinnate), to 5 × 1 cm, very succulent. Pinnae or lobes to 3 pairs, ascending, mostly widely separated, usually fused together in distal half of trophophore, distance between 1st and 2d pinnae not or slightly more than between 2d and 3d pairs, extremely variable in outline, linear to fan-shaped, undivided to tip, margins entire to coarsely dentate, proximal pinnae or blade tip not dentate or with 2--3 shallow, broad teeth, apex angular, venation like ribs of fan, midrib absent. Sporophores 1-pinnate, 0.2--3 cm, 0.2--3.5 times length of trophophore. 2 n =90.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:35293-2
WFO ID wfo-0001110903
COL ID MPJN
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Synonyms

Botrychium mormo