Ophioglossaceae
Rattlesnake fern
Botrypus virginianus
- Family
- Ophioglossaceae
- Genus
- Botrypus
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Common names
By language (18)
- Azerbaijani
- Virciniya salxımotu
- Belarusian
- Граздоўнік віргінскі
- Chinese
- 蕨萁, 春不见
- English
- Rattlesnake fern
- Estonian
- Virgiinia võtmehein
- Finnish
- Lehtonoidanlukko
- German
- Virginischer Rautenfarn
- Hungarian
- Virginiai holdruta
- Japanese
- ナツノハナワラビ
- Lithuanian
- Virgininis varpenis
- Macedonian
- Гроздовник
- Persian
- سرخس مار زنگی, سرخس مارزنگی
- Polish
- Podejźrzon wirginijski
- Portuguese
- Botrypus
- Russian
- Гроздовник виргинский
- Slovenian
- Virginijska mladomesečina
- Swedish
- Stor låsbräken
- Vietnamese
- Dương xỉ rắn chuông
Synonyms
- Botrychium anthemoides C.Presl
- Botrychium brachystachys Kunze
- Botrychium charcoviense Portenschl.; Pr.
- Botrychium cicutarium (Savigny) Sw.
- Botrychium dichronum Underw.
- Botrychium gracile Pursh
- Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.
- Botrychium virginianum f. europaeum (Ångstr.) Clute
- Botrychium virginianum f. gracile (Pursh) Clute
- Botrychium virginianum f. intermedium (Butters) Clute
- Botrychium virginianum f. laurentianum (Butters) Clute
- Botrychium virginianum subsp. europaeum (Ångstr.) Jav.
- Botrychium virginianum subsp. europaeum (Ångstr.) R.T.Clausen
- Botrychium virginianum subsp. meridionale (Butters) R.T.Clausen
- Botrychium virginianum var. americanum Hook.
- Botrychium virginianum var. cicutarium Clute
- Botrychium virginianum var. dichronum Clute
- Botrychium virginianum var. europaeum Ångstr.
- Botrychium virginianum var. intermedium Butters
- Botrychium virginianum var. laurentianum Butters
- Botrychium virginianum var. meridionale Butters
- Botrychium virginianum var. mexicanum Grev. & Hook.
- Botrychium virginianum var. occidentale Butters
- Botrychium virginicum Willd.
- Botrypus anthemoides (C.Presl) Val.N.Tikhom.
- Botrypus cicutaria (Savigny) Holub
- Botrypus virginianus subsp. europaeus (Ångstr.) Holub
- Japanobotrychum cicutarium (Savigny) M.Nishida
- Japanobotrychum cicutarium (Sav.Lam.) Nishida ex Tagawa
- Japanobotrychum virginianum (L.) Nishida ex Tagawa
- Japanobotrychum virginianum (L.) M.Nishida
- Osmunda cicutaria Savigny
- Osmunda virginiana L.
- Osmunda virginica L.
- Osmunda virginica Houtt.
- Osmundopteris cicutaria M.Nishida
- Osmundopteris virginiana (L.) Small
Photos
LeavesPhoto: psweet, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Силаева Татьяна Борисовна, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: TheAlphaWolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: olha_chusova, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: matthewdyer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Emily Gerdts, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: mykldettlaff, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Mark Connolly, CC0, from iNaturalist Photo: Heather Heather, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Mark Connolly, CC0, from iNaturalist Photo: brenda1573, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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). About our plant data.