Botrychium matricariifolium

(Döll) A. Braun ex W. D. J. Koch

Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl., ed. 2 7: 1009. 1847.

Common names: Daisy-leaf moonwort botryche à feuille de matricaire
Illustrated
Basionym: Botrychium lunaria var. matricariifolium Döll Rhein. Fl., 24. 1843
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.

Trophophore stalk 0–5 mm, to 1/6 length of trophophore rachis; blade dull, ± glaucescent green, oblong, 1–3-pinnate, to 10 × 9 cm, firm. Pinnae to 7 pairs, somewhat ascending, approximate to slightly remote, 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 pairs, spatulate-ovate to narrowly ovate, divided to tip, ultimate segments squarish to linear, rounded to square to acute at apex, margins entire to lobed to fully dissected, apex rounded to acute, venation pinnate. Sporophores 1–3-pinnate, 1.3–2.4 times length of trophophore. 2n =180.


Phenology: Leaves appearing in spring, dying in late summer.
Habitat: Old fields, secondary growth woods
Elevation: 0–1200 m

Distribution

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St. Pierre and Miquelon, N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.S., Ont., Que., Conn., Del., D.C., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ky., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., R.I., Tenn., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis., Europe.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Warren H. Wagner Jr. +  and Florence S. Wagner +
(Döll) A. Braun ex W. D. J. Koch +
Botrychium lunaria var. matricariifolium +
Daisy-leaf moonwort +  and botryche à feuille de matricaire +
St. Pierre and Miquelon +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Conn. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Ky. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, R.I. +, Tenn. +, Vt. +, Va. +, W.Va. +, Wis. +  and Europe. +
0–1200 m +
Old fields, secondary growth woods +
Leaves appearing in spring, dying in late summer. +
Syn. Deut. Schweiz. Fl., ed. 2 +
Illustrated +
Botrychium matricariifolium +
Botrychium subg. Botrychium +
species +