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Botrychium boreale

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Botrychium boreale

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species of plant

Species

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassPolypodiopsida
  4. OrderOphioglossales
  5. FamilyOphioglossaceae

Trophophore stalk sessile or nearly so; blade shiny green, ovate-deltate, 1--2-pinnate, to 6 cm, fleshy. Pinnae to 6 pairs, ascending, mostly overlapping, distance between 1st and 2d pinnae only slightly greater than between 2d and 3d pairs, basal pinna pair usually considerably larger than adjacent pair, obliquely rhomboidal to oblanceolate-spatulate, mostly shallowly lobed to rarely pinnate, margins entire to very narrowly shallowly crenulate, apex pointed, venation pinnate only at bases of proximal pinnae, otherwise ± like ribs of fan. Sporophores 1--2-pinnate, 1--1.5 times length of trophophore.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,739
With media
1,276
Family
Ophioglossaceae
Collections
UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY, UAM, MICH, NY, CAS, OSU
Recorded in
Canada, Sweden, United States, Norway, Russia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Botrychium
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taxon common name
northern moonwort
taxon name
Botrychium boreale
taxon rank
species
Commons category
Botrychium boreale
short name
B. boreale
regional conservation status
Near Threatened
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