Ophioglossaceae
Northern moonwort
Botrychium boreale
- Family
- Ophioglossaceae
- Genus
- Botrychium
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Common names
By language (8)
- Chinese
- 北方小阴地蕨
- English
- Northern moonwort
- Finnish
- Pohjannoidanlukko
- Icelandic
- Mánajurt
- Japanese
- タカネハナワラビ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Fjellmarinøkkel
- Russian
- Гроздовник северный
- Swedish
- Nordlåsbräken, Nordlig låsbräken
Synonyms
- Botrychium boreale var. boreale
- Botrychium brevifolium Ångstr.
- Botrychium crassinervium Rupr.; Milde
- Botrychium lunaria var. boreale (Milde) Fr.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Greenland: native
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.