Ophioglossaceae
Little grapefern
Botrychium simplex
- Family
- Ophioglossaceae
- Genus
- Botrychium
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Common names
By language (18)
- Belarusian
- Граздоўнік просты
- Chinese
- 简单月蕨, 簡單月蕨, 简式月蕨
- Czech
- Vratička jednoduchá
- Danish
- Enkelt månerude
- Dutch
- Kleine maanvaren
- English
- Little grapefern
- Estonian
- Liht-võtmehein
- Finnish
- Pikkunoidanlukko
- French
- Botryche simple, Petit botrychium
- German
- Einfacher Rautenfarn
- Icelandic
- Dvergtungljurt
- Lithuanian
- Mažasis varpenis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Dvergmarinøkkel
- Polish
- Podejźrzon pojedynczy
- Russian
- Гроздовник простой
- Slovenian
- Enostavna mladomesečina
- Swedish
- Dvärglåsbräken
- Ukrainian
- Гронянка проста
Synonyms
- Botrychium simplex f. simplex
- Botrychium simplex var. simplex
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Jason Hollinger, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ragnhild&Neil Crawford from Sweden, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ragnhild&Neil Crawford from Sweden, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Botrychium
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- Lanceleaf grapefernBotrychium lanceolatumOphioglossaceae
- Northern moonwortBotrychium borealeOphioglossaceae
- Mingan moonwortBotrychium minganenseOphioglossaceae
- Mountain moonwortBotrychium montanumOphioglossaceae
- Bluntlobe grapefernBotrychium oneidenseOphioglossaceae
- Trianglelobe moonwortBotrychium ascendensOphioglossaceae
- Scalloped moonwortBotrychium crenulatumOphioglossaceae
- Northern moonwortBotrychium pinnatumOphioglossaceae
- Spathulate botrychiumBotrychium spathulatumOphioglossaceae
- Iowa moonwortBotrychium campestreOphioglossaceae
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.