Botrychium pinnatum H.St.John

Northern moonwort (en)

Species

Pteridophytes > Ophioglossales > Ophioglossaceae > Botrychioideae > Botrychium

Characteristics

Trophophore stalk 0--2 mm, 0 to 0.1 times length of trophophore rachis; blade bright shiny green, oblong-deltate, 1--2-pinnate, to 8 × 5 cm, papery. Pinnae to 7 pairs, only slightly ascending, approximate to overlapping, 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, obliquely ovate to lanceolate-oblong, to spatulate, deeply and regularly lobed or pinnulate, lobed to tip, margins entire to very shallowly crenate, apex truncate to somewhat acute, venation pinnate. Sporophores 2-pinnate, 1--2 times length of trophophore. 2 n =180.
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 pinnatum world distribution map, present in Canada, Greenland, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:35335-2
WFO ID wfo-0001110255
COL ID MPK9
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Synonyms

Botrychium pinnatum Botrychium boreale subsp. obtusilobum Botrychium crassinervium var. obtusilobum