Botrychium pallidum W.H.Wagner

Pale botrychium (en)

Species

Pteridophytes > Ophioglossales > Ophioglossaceae > Botrychioideae > Botrychium

Characteristics

Trophophore stalk 2--8 mm, 0--1/5 length of trophophore rachis; blade glaucous, pale green to whitish, oblong, ± longitudinally folded when alive, 1-pinnate, to 4 × 1 cm, herbaceous. Pinnae to 5 pairs, ascending, approximate, 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, fan-shaped, strongly asymmetric, lobed to divided to tip, margins entire to irregularly crenate-dentate, largest pinnae often split into 2 unequal lobes, apex rounded, venation like ribs of fan, midrib absent. Sporophores 1--2-pinnate, 1.5--4 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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Images

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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:273434-2
WFO ID wfo-0001115182
COL ID MPK4
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Synonyms

Botrychium pallidum