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Osmunda lunaria

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Name

Identification
Osmunda lunaria L. [family OPHIOGLOSSACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Botrychium rutaceum
  • Botrychium lunaria
  • Osmunda lunaria
  • Botrychium matricariifolium
Common name
  • botryche lunaire, Flora of North America Vol. 2
  • Common moonwort, Flora of North America Vol. 2

Flora

Entry for Botrychium lunaria (Linnaeus) Swartz [family OPHIOGLOSSACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 2,
Names
Botrychium lunaria (Linnaeus) Swartz [family OPHIOGLOSSACEAE], J. Bot. (Schrader), 1800(2): 110. 1801
Osmunda lunaria Linnaeus [family OSMUNDACEAE], Sp. Pl., 2: 1064. 1753
Botrychium onondagense L.Underwood [family OPHIOGLOSSACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Warren H. Wagner Jr.
Florence S. Wagner
Information
Trophophore stalk 0--1 mm; blade dark green, oblong, 1-pinnate, to 10 × 4 cm, thick, fleshy. Pinnae to 9 pairs, spreading, mostly overlapping except in shaded forest forms, 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 entire or undulate, rarely dentate, apical lobe usually cuneate to spatulate, notched, approximate to adjacent lobes, apex rounded, venation like ribs of fan, midribs absent. Sporophores 1--2-pinnate, 0.8--2 times length of trophophore. 2 n =90.
Phenology
Leaves appearing in spring, dying in latter half of summer
Altitude range
0--3700 m
Distribution
GreenlandSt. Pierre and Miquelons South AmericaEurasiaPacific Islands in New ZealandAustralia.USA AlaskaUSA Ariz.USA Calif.USA Colo.USA IdahoUSA MaineUSA Mass.USA Mich.USA Minn.USA Mont.USA Nev.USA N.H.USA N.Mex.USA N.Y.USA Oreg.USA Pa.USA S.Dak.USA UtahUSA Vt.USA Wash.USA Wis.USA Wyo.Canada Alta.Canada B.C.Canada Man.Canada N.B.Canada Nfld.Canada N.W.T.Canada N.S.Canada Ont.Canada P.E.I.Canada Que.Canada Sask.Canada Yukon
Discussion
Botrychium lunaria grows with many other species of Botrychium , occasionally hybridizing with them. This species, geographically the most widespread of the moonworts, has notably uniform morphology.

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