Ophioglossaceae
Adderstongue
Ophioglossum azoricum
- Family
- Ophioglossaceae
- Genus
- Ophioglossum
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Common names
By language (10)
- arz
- اوفيوجلوسوم ازوريكوم
- Czech
- Hadí jazyk azorský
- Dutch
- Azorenaddertong
- English
- Adderstongue
- Finnish
- Pikkukäärmeenkieli
- Icelandic
- Naðurtunga
- Irish
- Lus na teanga beag
- Polish
- Nasięźrzał wielolistny
- Swedish
- Späd ormtunga
- Welsh
- Tafod-y-neidr bach
Synonyms
- Ophioglossum vulgatum subsp. ambiguum (Coss. & Germ.) E.F.Warb.
- Ophioglossum vulgatum var. ambiguum Coss. & Germ.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Greenland: native
Photos
Photo: Wolffia, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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: 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: janetgraham84new, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: janetgraham84new, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Limestone adderstongueOphioglossum engelmanniiOphioglossaceae
- Large adderstongueOphioglossum polyphyllumOphioglossaceae
- Netted adderstongueOphioglossum reticulatumOphioglossaceae
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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.