Botrychium boreale Milde is a plant in the Ophioglossaceae family, order Ophioglossales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Botrychium boreale Milde

Botrychium boreale Milde

Northern moonwort (Botrychium boreale Milde) is a fern in Ophioglossaceae with an upright short single-leaved rhizome.

Genus
Botrychium
Order
Ophioglossales
Class
Polypodiopsida

About Botrychium boreale Milde

Botrychium boreale Milde, commonly known as northern moonwort, is a fern species belonging to the family Ophioglossaceae. This species has an upright, short rhizome that bears a single leaf.

Photo: (c) Георгий Виноградов (Georgy Vinogradov), some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Георгий Виноградов (Georgy Vinogradov) · cc-by

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Polypodiopsida Ophioglossales Ophioglossaceae Botrychium

More from Ophioglossaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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