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crenulate moonwort, dainty moonwort, scalloped moonwort

botryche à feuille de matricaire, chamomile grape-fern, daisy-leaf moonwort, daisyleaf grape-fern, matricary grape-fern

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.

to 7 pairs, somewhat ascending, approximate to slightly remote, 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 pairs, spatulate-ovate to narrowly ovate, divided to tip, ultimate segments squarish to linear, rounded to square to acute at apex, margins entire to lobed to fully dissected, apex rounded to acute, venation pinnate.

Trophophore

stalk 0.5–7 mm;

blade yellow-green, oblong, 1-pinnate, to 6 × 2 cm, thin, herbaceous.

stalk 0–5 mm, to 1/6 length of trophophore rachis;

blade dull, ± glaucescent green, oblong, 1–3-pinnate, to 10 × 9 cm, firm.

Sporophores

1–2-pinnate, 1.3–3 times length of trophophore.

1–3-pinnate, 1.3–2.4 times length of trophophore.

2n

=90.

=180.

Botrychium crenulatum

Botrychium matricariifolium

Phenology Leaves appearing in mid to late spring, dying in late summer; in extremely dry years of shorter duration or not appearing at all. Leaves appearing in spring, dying in late summer.
Habitat Local in marshy and springy areas Old fields, secondary growth woods
Elevation 1200–2500 m (3900–8200 ft) 0–1200 m (0–3900 ft)
Distribution
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AZ; CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY
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CT; DC; DE; IA; IL; IN; KY; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; TN; VA; VT; WI; WV; NB; NF; NS; ON; QC; SPM; Europe
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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. FNA vol. 2.
Parent taxa Ophioglossaceae > Botrychium > subg. Botrychium Ophioglossaceae > Botrychium > subg. Botrychium
Sibling taxa
B. acuminatum, B. ascendens, B. biternatum, B. boreale, B. campestre, B. dissectum, B. echo, B. gallicomontanum, B. hesperium, B. jenmanii, B. lanceolatum, B. lunaria, B. lunarioides, B. matricariifolium, B. minganense, B. montanum, B. mormo, B. multifidum, B. oneidense, B. pallidum, B. paradoxum, B. pedunculosum, B. pinnatum, B. pseudopinnatum, B. pumicola, B. rugulosum, B. simplex, B. spathulatum, B. virginianum
B. acuminatum, B. ascendens, B. biternatum, B. boreale, B. campestre, B. crenulatum, B. dissectum, B. echo, B. gallicomontanum, B. hesperium, B. jenmanii, B. lanceolatum, B. lunaria, B. lunarioides, B. minganense, B. montanum, B. mormo, B. multifidum, B. oneidense, B. pallidum, B. paradoxum, B. pedunculosum, B. pinnatum, B. pseudopinnatum, B. pumicola, B. rugulosum, B. simplex, B. spathulatum, B. virginianum
Synonyms B. lunaria var. matricariifolium
Name authority W. H. Wagner: Amer. Fern J. 71: 21. (1981) (Döll) A. Braun ex W. D. J. Koch: Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl., ed. 2 7: 1009. (1847)
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