familyOphioglossaceae
genusBotrychium
subgenusBotrychium subg. Botrychium
speciesBotrychium lanceolatum
Botrychium lanceolatum subsp. lanceolatum
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.
Revision as of 18:55, 24 September 2019 by FNA>Volume Importer
Plants stout. Leaf base, including sheath, to 1.2cm diam., often swollen 1–6 times width of common stalk (dried). Common stalk green, trophophore blade medium green to yellow-green, somewhat shiny. Segments wide, ultimate lobes broadly ovate-oblong, 2–3 mm wide, blade tissue leathery-succulent. Pinnae and lobes somewhat blunt. Sporangia 0.9–1.3 mm diam., exposed and not immersed, mostly approximate or slightly separated and covering sporangiophore midrib.
Phenology: Leaves usually drying up in midsummer together with other associated species.
Habitat: Mainly open fields
Elevation: 0–3700 m
Distribution
Greenland, Alta., B.C., Nfld., Que., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Ariz., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nev., N.Mex., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo., Eurasia.
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
None.