Monilophytes (ferns): Ophioglossoid Ferns (eusporangiate ferns): Ophioglossales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sceptridium lunarioides
FAMILY
Ophioglossaceae
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Learn more about Sceptridium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Botrychium lunarioides
FAMILY
Ophioglossaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sceptridium lunarioides
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Botrychium lunarioides
SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Botrychium lunarioides
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 006-01-006:
Botrychium lunarioides FAMILY Ophioglossaceae
COMMON NAME:
Winter Grapefern
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Keith Bradley kab_sceptlunarioides_k
March Laurens County SC
Blade prostrate; broadly triangular; segments small, roundish or fan-shaped, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sceptridium lunarioides
FAMILY
Ophioglossaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Botrychium lunarioides
FAMILY
Ophioglossaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sceptridium lunarioides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Botrychium lunarioides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Botrychium lunarioides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 006-01-006:
Botrychium lunarioides
FAMILY
Ophioglossaceae
4002
Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: Old fields, pastures, young forests, granitic flatrocks, juniper-oak-blue ash woodlands over limestone, cemeteries, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare (historically in NC Piedmont, but not recently seen)
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LEAVES:
Sub-evergreen
Leaf consists of a 2-pinnate to 3-pinnate sterile blade & a fertile panicle
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986) p016
- The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014) p180
- Ferns of Alabama (Short & Spaulding, 2012) p121
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p556
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