Botrychium crenulatum |
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crenulate moonwort, dainty moonwort, scalloped moonwort |
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Pinnae | to 5 pairs, spreading, 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, broadly fan-shaped, undivided to tip, margins mainly crenulate to dentate, proximal pinnae with 1 or more shallow incisions, apex rounded, apical lobe linear to linear-cuneate, well separated from adjacent lobes, venation like ribs of fan, midrib absent. |
Trophophore | stalk 0.5–7 mm; blade yellow-green, oblong, 1-pinnate, to 6 × 2 cm, thin, herbaceous. |
Sporophores | 1–2-pinnate, 1.3–3 times length of trophophore. |
2n | =90. |
Botrychium crenulatum |
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Phenology | Leaves appearing in mid to late spring, dying in late summer; in extremely dry years of shorter duration or not appearing at all. |
Habitat | Local in marshy and springy areas |
Elevation | 1200–2500 m (3900–8200 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY
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Discussion | Botrychium crenulatum is commonly associated with B. simplex in California. In the Wallowa Mountains of Oregon it occurs with B. ascendens, B. lunaria, and B. minganense. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 2. |
Parent taxa | Ophioglossaceae > Botrychium > subg. Botrychium |
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Name authority | W. H. Wagner: Amer. Fern J. 71: 21. (1981) |
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