Botrychium lanceolatum subsp. lanceolatum

(S. G. Gmelin) Angström
Illustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.

Plants stout. Leaf base, including sheath, to 1.2cm diam., often swollen 1–6 times width of common stalk (dried). Common stalk green, trophophore blade medium green to yellow-green, somewhat shiny. Segments wide, ultimate lobes broadly ovate-oblong, 2–3 mm wide, blade tissue leathery-succulent. Pinnae and lobes somewhat blunt. Sporangia 0.9–1.3 mm diam., exposed and not immersed, mostly approximate or slightly separated and covering sporangiophore midrib.


Phenology: Leaves usually drying up in midsummer together with other associated species.
Habitat: Mainly open fields
Elevation: 0–3700 m

Distribution

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Greenland, Alta., B.C., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), Que., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Ariz., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nev., N.Mex., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo., Eurasia

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"wide" is not a number.

acute +  and rounded +
Warren H. Wagner Jr. +  and Florence S. Wagner +
(S. G. Gmelin) Angström +
Osmunda lanceolata +
linear +  and broadly lanceolate entire +
simple +  and 5-pinnate +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
dull +  and shiny green +
deltate +
herbaceous +  and leathery +
leathery-succulent +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
Greenland +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.) +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Ariz. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +, Oreg. +, Utah +, Wash. +, Wyo. +  and Eurasia +
0–3700 m +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Mainly open fields +
of widely scattered , long , uniseriate hairs +
1-6 times width of common stalk +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
distinct +
dentate;lacerate +
Leaves usually drying up in midsummer together with other associated species. +
spreading;ascending +
epiphytic +  and terrestrial +
spore-bearing +  and laminate +
photosynthetic +
with long , uniseriate hairs +  and glabrous +
flattened +
not fleshy +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
with corky ridges +  and smooth +
list +  and count +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
not proliferous +
Illustrated +
sessile +  and short-stalked +
0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br /> (0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br />) +
not immersed +  and exposed +
thick-walled +  and trilete +
1-2.5 times length of trophophore +
flattened +
not fleshy +
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
unbranched +  and simple +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
tuberculate +  and rugate +
Botrychium lanceolatum subsp. lanceolatum +
Botrychium lanceolatum +
subspecies +
sessile +  and short-stalked +
green +  and yellow-green +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
anastomosing +
pinnate +  and fan +