E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of BC

Botrychium spathulatum W.H. Wagner
spoon-shaped moonwort (spathulate botrychium)
Ophioglossaceae (Adder's-tongue family)

Introduction to Vascular Plants

General:
Deciduous perennial, 1-10 cm tall.

Trophophores:
Oblong to lanceolate, unstalked, 1-pinnate, up to 8 cm long; pinnae to 8 pairs, well separated, narrowly spoon-shaped or spoon-shaped.

Sporophores:
1- to 2-pinnate, 1.2-2 times length of trophophores.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.

Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Origin Status	Provincial Status	BC List (Red Blue List)	COSEWIC
Native	S3S4	Yellow	Not Listed

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