Ophioglossaceae

Common moonwort

Botrychium lunaria (L.) Sw.

Family: Ophioglossaceae
Genus: Botrychium

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Common moonwort (Botrychium lunaria) — LeavesPhoto: Yehor Yatsiuk, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (29)

Arabic: لسان الغزال القمري, لسان الغزال
Armenian: Ողկուզապտեր կիսալուսնաձև
arz: لسان الغزال القمرى
Asturian: Llunaria
Bulgarian: Лунна папрат
Chinese: 小阴地蕨, 扇羽陰地蕨, 扇叶阴地蕨, 扇羽阴地蕨, 独蕨萁, 普氏小阴地蕨
Czech: Vratička měsíční
Danish: Almindelig Månerude
Dutch: Gelobde maanvaren
English: Common moonwort, Moonwort, Goblin fern, Little goblin, Little goblin moonwort
Estonian: Kuu-võtmehein
Faroese: Tyssismánagras
Finnish: Ketonoidanlukko
French: Botryche lunaire
German: Echte Mondraute, Mond-Rautenfarn
Hungarian: Kis holdruta
Icelandic: Tungljurt
Irish: Lus na míosa
Japanese: ヒメハナワラビ
Lithuanian: Paprastasis varpenis
Norwegian Nynorsk: Marinøkkel
Persian: سرخس کمانی
Polish: Podejźrzon księżycowy
Russian: Гроздовник полулунный
Slovenian: Navadna mladomesečina
Spanish: Para tratar o detectar emfermedades
Swedish: Låsbräken
Ukrainian: Гронянка півмісяцева
Welsh: Lloerlys

Synonyms

Blechnum racemosum Bub.
Botrychium lunaria f. alatum Thyssen
Botrychium lunaria f. alpinum Schur
Botrychium lunaria f. gracile (Schur) Asch. & Graebn.
Botrychium lunaria f. incisum (Milde) Vollm.
Botrychium lunaria f. lunaria
Botrychium lunaria f. subbipinnatum F.Wirtg.
Botrychium lunaria f. subincisum (Roep.) Milde
Botrychium lunaria f. tripartitum (T.Moore) Weath.
Botrychium lunaria subf. alternans Thyssen
Botrychium lunaria subf. brevipes F.Wirtg.
Botrychium lunaria subf. caudatum F.Wirtg. ex Thyssen
Botrychium lunaria subf. imbricatum F.Wirtg.
Botrychium lunaria subf. longifolium F.Wirtg.
Botrychium lunaria subf. longipes F.Wirtg.
Botrychium lunaria subf. petiolatum F.Wirtg.
Botrychium lunaria subf. platyphyllum Thyssen
Botrychium lunaria subf. remotum F.Wirtg.
Botrychium lunaria subsp. alpinum (Krylov) Shmakov
Botrychium lunaria subsp. subincisum (Roeper) Seeland
Botrychium lunaria unranked incisum (Milde) Seeland
Botrychium lunaria var. lunaria
Botrychium lunaria var. polyphyllum Wallr.
Botrychium lunaria var. przevalskii Tzvelev
Botrychium lunaria var. rhombeum Ångstr.
Botrychium lunaria var. rutaceum (Retz.) F.Weber & D.Mohr
Botrychium lunaria var. sinuatum Wallr.
Botrychium lunaria var. tripartitum T.Moore
Botrychium lunatum Gray
Botrypus lunaria (L.) Rich.
Ophioglossum pennatum Lam.
Osmunda lunaria L.
Osmunda lunaria var. rutacea Retz.
Osmunda lunata Salisb.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native

Photos

LeavesPhoto: Yehor Yatsiuk, CC0, from iNaturalist
LeavesPhoto: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Abalg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 08:38, 2 September 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Југ, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Thierry Arbault, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Abalg, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Anna LL., CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: J84, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Anna LL., CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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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.