Botrychium crenulatum |
Botrychium pseudopinnatum |
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crenulate moonwort, dainty moonwort, scalloped moonwort |
false daisyleaf moonwort, false northwestern 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. |
to 6 pairs, 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 crenulate, apex truncate, venation pinnate. |
Trophophore | stalk 0.5–7 mm; blade yellow-green, oblong, 1-pinnate, to 6 × 2 cm, thin, herbaceous. |
stalk 0–3 mm, 0 to 0.2 times length of trophophore rachis; blade dark green, somewhat shiny, oblong, 1–2-pinnate, to 4.5 × 2.5 cm, leathery. |
Sporophores | 1–2-pinnate, 1.3–3 times length of trophophore. |
2-pinnate, 1–2 times length of trophophore. |
2n | =90. |
=270. |
Botrychium crenulatum |
Botrychium pseudopinnatum |
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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. | Leaves appearing in late spring to early fall. |
Habitat | Local in marshy and springy areas | Sandy soil |
Elevation | 1200–2500 m (3900–8200 ft) | 300–500 m (1000–1600 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY
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ON |
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.) |
Botrychium pseudopinnatum is the only known hexaploid in Botrychium subg. Botrychium. It differs from B. pinnatum in smaller size, in narrower trophophore with relatively shorter and more oblique and ascending pinnae, in longer trophophore stalk, and in blade color, texture, and luster. 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 |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | W. H. Wagner: Amer. Fern J. 71: 21. (1981) | W. H. Wagner: Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 17: 322. (1990) |
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