Gen. Botrychium (Ophioglossaceae) / Flora of USA and Canada

Genus: BOTRYCHIUM - Family: OPHIOGLOSSACEAE

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Scientific name	Google Search	*Distribution in USA and Canada ()**	Common names	Grown habit	Duration
Botrychium acuminatum W.H. Wagner		USA (MI, MN), CAN (ON) Map for Botrychium acuminatum W.H. Wagner (*)	tailed grapefern	Forb/herb	Perennial
Botrychium ascendens W.H. Wagner		USA (AK, CA, ID, MN, MT, NV, OR, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, ON, QC, YT) Map for Botrychium ascendens W.H. Wagner (*)	trianglelobe moonwort	Forb/herb	Perennial
Botrychium biternatum (Sav.) Underw. = Botrychium dissectum Spreng. var. tenuifolium (Underw.) Farw.		USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV) Map for Botrychium biternatum (Sav.) Underw. (*)	sparselobe grapefern	Forb/herb	Perennial
Botrychium boreale Milde = Botrychium boreale Milde ssp. boreale		CAN (AB, BC, QC), DEN (GL) Map for Botrychium boreale Milde (*)	northern moonwort	Forb/herb	Perennial
Botrychium campestre W.H. Wagner & Farrar		USA (CO, IA, ID, IL, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NY, OR, SD, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, NB, ON, QC, SK) Map for Botrychium campestre W.H. Wagner & Farrar (*)	Iowa moonwort	Forb/herb	Perennial
Botrychium crenulatum W.H. Wagner = Botrychium dusenii auct. non (Christ) Alston		USA (AZ, CA, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC) Map for Botrychium crenulatum W.H. Wagner (*)	scalloped moonwort	Forb/herb	Perennial
Botrychium dissectum Spreng. = Botrychium dissectum Spreng. var. obliquum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Clute = Botrychium dissectum Spreng. var. oblongifolium (Graves) Broun = Botrychium obliquum Muhl. ex Willd. = Botrychium obliquum Muhl. ex Willd. var. elongatum Gilbert & Haberer		USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NS, ON, PE, QC) Map for Botrychium dissectum Spreng. (*)	cutleaf grapefern	Forb/herb	Perennial
Botrychium echo W.H. Wagner		USA (AZ, CO, UT) Map for Botrychium echo W.H. Wagner (*)	reflected grapefern	Forb/herb	Perennial
Botrychium gallicomontanum Farrar & Johnson-Groh		USA (MN) Map for Botrychium gallicomontanum Farrar & Johnson-Groh (*)	Frenchman's Bluff grapefern	Forb/herb	Perennial
Botrychium hesperium (Maxon & R.T. Clausen) W.H. Wagner & Lellinger = Botrychium lunaria (L.) Sw. ssp. occidentale A. Löve & D. Löve & Kapoor = Botrychium matricariifolium (A. Braun ex Dowell) A. Braun ex W.D.J. Koch ssp. hesperium Maxon & R.T. Clausen = Botrychium matricariifolium (A. Braun ex Dowell) A. Braun ex W.D.J. Koch var. hesperium (Maxon & R.T. Clausen) Broun		USA (AZ, CO, MI, MN, MT, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, ON, SK) Map for Botrychium hesperium (Maxon & R.T. Clausen) W.H. Wagner & Lellinger (*)	western moonwort	Forb/herb	Perennial
Botrychium jenmanii Underw. = Botrychium alabamense Maxon		USA (AL, FL, GA, LA, MD, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA), USA+ (PR) Map for Botrychium jenmanii Underw. (*)	Dixie grapefern	Forb/herb	Perennial
Botrychium lanceolatum (S.G. Gmel.) Angstr.		USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, ID, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, TN, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM) Map for Botrychium lanceolatum (S.G. Gmel.) Angstr. (*)	lanceleaf grapefern	Forb/herb	Perennial
Botrychium lanceolatum (S.G. Gmel.) Angstr. var. angustisegmentum Pease & A.H. Moore = Botrychium angustisegmentum (Pease & A.H. Moore) Fernald = Botrychium lanceolatum (S.G. Gmel.) Angstr. ssp. angustisegmentum (Pease & A.H. Moore) R.T. Clausen		USA (CT, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK), FRA (SPM) Map for Botrychium lanceolatum (S.G. Gmel.) Angstr. var. angustisegmentum Pease & A.H. Moore (*)	lanceleaf grapefern	Forb/herb	Perennial
Botrychium lanceolatum (S.G. Gmel.) Angstr. var. lanceolatum = Botrychium lanceolatum (S.G. Gmel.) Angstr. ssp. typicum R.T. Clausen		USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, NF, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL) Map for Botrychium lanceolatum (S.G. Gmel.) Angstr. var. lanceolatum (*)	lanceleaf grapefern	Forb/herb	Perennial
Botrychium lineare W.H. Wagner		USA (AK, CA, CO, ID, MT, OR, WA), CAN (AB, NB, QC) Map for Botrychium lineare W.H. Wagner (*)	narrowleaf grapefern	Forb/herb	Perennial
Botrychium lunaria (L.) Sw. = Botrychium lunaria (L.) Sw. var. onondagense (Underw.) House = Botrychium onondagense Underw.		USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NH, NM, NV, NY, OR, PA, SD, UT, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM) Map for Botrychium lunaria (L.) Sw. (*)	common moonwort	Forb/herb	Perennial
Botrychium lunarioides (Michx.) Sw. = Sceptridium lunarioides (Michx.) Holub		USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, OK, SC, TX) Map for Botrychium lunarioides (Michx.) Sw. (*)	winter grapefern	Forb/herb	Perennial
Botrychium matricariifolium (A. Braun ex Dowell) A. Braun ex W.D.J. Koch		USA (CT, DC, DE, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM) Map for Botrychium matricariifolium (A. Braun ex Dowell) A. Braun ex W.D.J. Koch (*)	matricary grapefern	Forb/herb	Perennial
Botrychium minganense Victorin = Botrychium lunaria (L.) Sw. ssp. minganense (Victorin) Calder & Roy L. Taylor = Botrychium lunaria (L.) Sw. var. minganense (Victorin) Dole		USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NH, NV, NY, OR, UT, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, QC, SK) Map for Botrychium minganense Victorin (*)	Mingan moonwort	Forb/herb	Perennial
Botrychium montanum W.H. Wagner		USA (CA, ID, MT, OR, WA), CAN (BC) Map for Botrychium montanum W.H. Wagner (*)	mountain moonwort	Forb/herb	Perennial
Botrychium mormo W.H. Wagner		USA (MI, MN, WI), CAN (QC) Map for Botrychium mormo W.H. Wagner (*)	little goblin moonwort	Forb/herb	Perennial
Botrychium multifidum (S.G. Gmel.) Trevis. = Botrychium californicum Underw. = Botrychium coulteri Underw. = Botrychium matricariae (Schrank) Spreng. = Botrychium multifidum (S.G. Gmel.) Trevis. ssp. californicum (Underw.) R.T. Clausen = Botrychium multifidum (S.G. Gmel.) Trevis. ssp. coulteri (Underw.) R.T. Clausen = Botrychium multifidum (S.G. Gmel.) Trevis. ssp. silaifolium (C. Presl) R.T. Clausen = Botrychium multifidum (S.G. Gmel.) Trevis. var. californicum (Underw.) Broun = Botrychium multifidum (S.G. Gmel.) Trevis. var. coulteri (Underw.) Broun = Botrychium multifidum (S.G. Gmel.) Trevis. var. intermedium (D.C. Eaton) Farw. = Botrychium multifidum (S.G. Gmel.) Trevis. var. silaifolium (C. Presl) Broun = Botrychium silaifolium C. Presl = Botrychium silaifolium C. Presl var. coulteri (Underw.) Jeps.		USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, IA, ID, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM) Map for Botrychium multifidum (S.G. Gmel.) Trevis. (*)	leathery grapefern	Forb/herb	Perennial
Botrychium oneidense (Gilbert) House = Botrychium dissectum Spreng. var. oneidense (Gilbert) Farw. = Botrychium multifidum (S.G. Gmel.) Trevis. var. oneidense (Gilbert) Farw. = Sceptridium oneidense (Gilbert) Holub		USA (CT, DE, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, ON, QC) Map for Botrychium oneidense (Gilbert) House (*)	bluntlobe grapefern	Forb/herb	Perennial
Botrychium pallidum W.H. Wagner		USA (CO, ME, MI, MN, MT), CAN (AB, MB, ON, QC, SK) Map for Botrychium pallidum W.H. Wagner (*)	pale botrychium	Forb/herb	Perennial
Botrychium paradoxum W.H. Wagner		USA (ID, MT, OR, UT, WA), CAN (AB, BC, SK) Map for Botrychium paradoxum W.H. Wagner (*)	peculiar moonwort	Forb/herb	Perennial
Botrychium pedunculosum W.H. Wagner		USA (AK, ID, MT, OR, WA), CAN (AB, BC, QC, SK) Map for Botrychium pedunculosum W.H. Wagner (*)	stalked moonwort	Forb/herb	Perennial
Botrychium pinnatum H. St. John = Botrychium boreale Milde ssp. obtusilobum (Rupr.) R.T. Clausen = Botrychium boreale Milde var. obtusilobum (Rupr.) Broun		USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NT, SK, YT), DEN (GL) Map for Botrychium pinnatum H. St. John (*)	northern moonwort	Forb/herb	Perennial
Botrychium pseudopinnatum W.H. Wagner		USA (MN, WI), CAN (ON) Map for Botrychium pseudopinnatum W.H. Wagner (*)	false daisyleaf moonwort	Forb/herb	Perennial
Botrychium pumicola Coville ex Underw.		USA (OR) Map for Botrychium pumicola Coville ex Underw. (*)	Crater Lake grapefern	Forb/herb	Perennial
Botrychium robustum Rupr. = Botrychium multifidum (S.G. Gmel.) Trevis. var. robustum (Rupr.) C. Chr.		USA (AK) Map for Botrychium robustum Rupr. (*)	leathery grapefern	Forb/herb	Perennial
Botrychium rugulosum W.H. Wagner = Botrychium ternatum auct. non (Thunb.) Sw.		USA (CT, MI, MN, NY, VT, WI), CAN (NB, ON, QC) Map for Botrychium rugulosum W.H. Wagner (*)	ternate grapefern	Forb/herb	Perennial
Botrychium simplex E. Hitchc. = Botrychium simplex E. Hitchc. ssp. simplex = Botrychium simplex E. Hitchc. ssp. typicum R.T. Clausen = Botrychium simplex E. Hitchc. var. compositum (Lasch) Milde = Botrychium simplex E. Hitchc. var. laxifolium (R.T. Clausen) Fernald = Botrychium simplex E. Hitchc. var. tenebrosum (A.A. Eaton) R.T. Clausen = Botrychium tenebrosum A.A. Eaton		USA (AK, CA, CO, CT, DE, IA, ID, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MS, MT, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SD, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK), DEN (GL) Map for Botrychium simplex E. Hitchc. (*)	little grapefern	Forb/herb	Perennial
Botrychium spathulatum W.H. Wagner		USA (AK, MI, MT, WI), CAN (AB, BC, NS, NT, ON, QC, YT) Map for Botrychium spathulatum W.H. Wagner (*)	spathulate botrychium	Forb/herb	Perennial
Botrychium tunux Stensvold & Farrar		USA (AK) Map for Botrychium tunux Stensvold & Farrar (*)		-	-
Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw. = Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw. ssp. europaeum (Angstr.) Jáv. = Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw. var. europaeum Angstr.		USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, 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), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT) Map for Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw. (*)	rattlesnake fern	Forb/herb	Perennial
Botrychium yaaxudakeit Stensvold & Farrar		USA (AK) Map for Botrychium yaaxudakeit Stensvold & Farrar (*)		-	-
Botrychium ×watertonense W.H. Wagner		CAN (AB) Map for Botrychium ×watertonense W.H. Wagner (*)	Waterton grapefern	Forb/herb	Perennial

(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

PICTURES

Botrychium dissectum
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 5.
Botrychium dissectum
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 5.
Botrychium lanceolatum
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 6.

Botrychium lunaria
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 3.
Botrychium lunaria
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 4.
Botrychium lunaria
Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906 - This image is in public domain because its copyright has expired.

Botrychium lunaria
Walter Hood Fitch - Illustrations of the British Flora (1924) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
Botrychium lunaria
Jan Kops et al. - Flora Batava - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
Botrychium matricariifolium
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 4.

Botrychium matricariifolium
Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906 - This image is in public domain because its copyright has expired.
Botrychium multifidum
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 5.
Botrychium multifidum
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 6.

Botrychium multifidum
Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906 - This image is in public domain because its copyright has expired.
Botrychium simplex
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 3.
Botrychium simplex
Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906 - This image is in public domain because its copyright has expired.

Botrychium virginianum
Robert H. Mohlenbrock USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. - Not copyrighted image
Botrychium virginianum
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 6.

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