Botrychium virginianum Calflora

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Taxon Report

Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.

(not an active name)

Rattlesnake fern

2003 Martin J. Lenz

2008 Louis-M. Landry

Botrychium virginianum is a fern that is native to California.

also called Botrypus virginianus


	Plant Range Observation Search ~43 records in California Plant Characteristics

Bloom Period

Photos on Calflora


Genus:	Botrychium
Family:	Ophioglossaceae
Category:	fern
PLANTS group:	Fern
Jepson eFlora section: fern

Wetlands: Equally likely to occur in wetlands and non wetlands

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Botrychium virginianum ssp. europaeum
PLANTS	Botrychium virginianum var. europaeum
PLANTS	Botrypus virginianus
JEF + CNPS	Botrypus virginianus

Information about Botrychium virginianum from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. USDA PLANTS Profile (BOVI) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 04/26/2024).