Botrychium lanceolatum |
Botrychium virginianum |
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botryche élancé, lance-leaf grapefern, lance-leaf moonwort, red triangle moonwort, triangle moonwort |
botryche de virginie, common grapefern, rattlesnake fern |
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Pinnae | to 5 pairs, ascending, approximate, distance between 1st and 2d pinnae not or slightly more than between 2d and 3d pairs, linear to broadly lanceolate, entire to divided to tip, margins with distinct lobes or segments, apex acute to rounded, venation pinnate. |
to 12 pairs, usually approximate to overlapping, slightly ascending, distance between 1st and 2d pinnae not or slightly more than between 2d and 3d pairs, lanceolate, divided to tip. |
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Trophophore | stalk 0–1 mm; blade dull to shiny green to dark green, deltate, 1–2-pinnate, to 6 × 7 cm. |
sessile; blade pale green, 3–4-pinnate, to 25 × 33 cm, thin, herbaceous. |
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Sporophores | 1–3-pinnate, 1–2.5 times length of trophophore, divided into several equally long branches (all other botrychiums have a single stalk or 1 dominant and 2 smaller). |
2-pinnate, 0.5–1.5(–2) times length of trophophore. |
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Pinnules | lanceolate and deeply lobed, lobes linear, serrate, apex pointed, venation pinnate, midrib present. |
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2n | =90. |
=184. |
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Botrychium lanceolatum |
Botrychium virginianum |
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Phenology | Leaves seasonal, appearing in early spring and dying in late summer. | |||||
Habitat | Common to abundant, especially in shaded forests and shrubby second growth, rare or absent in arid regions | |||||
Elevation | 0–1500 m (0–4900 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
AK; AZ; CO; CT; ID; KY; MA; ME; MI; MN; MT; NH; NJ; NM; NV; NY; OH; OR; PA; RI; TN; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; AB; BC; NB; NF; NS; ON; QC; SK; YT; Eurasia
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AK; AL; AR; AZ; CO; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; ID; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; MT; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NV; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; SD; TN; TX; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; AB; BC; MB; NB; NF; NS; NT; ON; PE; QC; SK; YT; Mexico; Central America; South America in Brazil; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru; Eurasia |
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Discussion | Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Botrychium virginianum is the most widespread Botrychium in North America. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 2. | FNA vol. 2. | ||||
Parent taxa | Ophioglossaceae > Botrychium > subg. Botrychium | Ophioglossaceae > Botrychium > subg. Osmundopteris | ||||
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Synonyms | Osmunda lanceolata | Osmunda virginiana | ||||
Name authority | (S. G. Gmelin) Angström: Bot. Not. 1854: 68. (1854) | (Linnaeus) Swartz: J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 111. (1801) | ||||
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