Botrychium ascendens |
Botrychium pedunculosum |
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trianglelobe moonwort, upswept moonwort |
stalk moonwort |
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Pinnae | to 5 pairs, strongly ascending, 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, obliquely narrowly cuneate, undivided to tip, margins sharply denticulate and often shallowly incised, apex rounded, venation like ribs of fan, midrib absent. |
to 5 pairs, somewhat ascending, approximate to 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, ovate-rhombic to spatulate, lobed to tip, margin entire to irregularly lobed, apex rounded to acute, venation pinnate. |
Trophophore | stalk 3–10 mm, 1/6 length of trophophore rachis; blade yellow-green, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 1-pinnate, to 6 × 1.5 cm, thin but firm. |
stalk 8–26 mm, to 1.1 times length of trophophore rachis; blade dull green, ovate-oblong to deltate-oblong, 1-pinnate, to 4.5 × 2 cm, leathery. |
Sporophores | 2-pinnate at base of sporangial cluster, 1.3–2 times length of trophophore. |
1–3-pinnate, 2–4 times length of trophophore. |
2n | =180. |
=180. |
Botrychium ascendens |
Botrychium pedunculosum |
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Phenology | Leaves appearing in late spring to midsummer. | Leaves appearing in late spring, dying in early fall. |
Habitat | In grassy fields, widely scattered | Brushy secondary-growth habitats along streams and roadsides |
Elevation | 0–2500 m (0–8200 ft) | 300–1000 m (1000–3300 ft) |
Distribution |
AK; CA; MT; NV; OR; WY; BC; ON; YT
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OR; AB; BC; SK
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Discussion | Botrychium ascendens is a distinctive little moonwort that grows with B. crenulatum, B. lunaria, and B. minganense. This species and B. pedunculosum are the only grapeferns that often have extra sporangia on the proximal pinnae. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
The common stalk on this species tends to be reddish brown. The presence of extra sporangia on the proximal pinnae is known only in Botrychium pedunculosum and B. ascendens. Botrychium pedunculosum grows with other moonworts, B. lanceolatum, B. lunaria, B. minganense, and B. pinnatum. It has not been found in association with the rather similar and much more common B. hesperium. Of conservation concern. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 2. | FNA vol. 2. |
Parent taxa | Ophioglossaceae > Botrychium > subg. Botrychium | Ophioglossaceae > Botrychium > subg. Botrychium |
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Name authority | W. H. Wagner: Amer. Fern J. 76: 36, figs. 1, 2. (1986) | W. H. Wagner: Amer. Fern J. 76: 43, figs. 2, 7. (1986) |
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