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

Botrychium paradoxum W.H. Wagner
two-spiked moonwort (peculiar moonwort)
Ophioglossaceae (Adder's-tongue family)

Introduction to Vascular Plants

General:
Deciduous perennial, 2-10 cm tall.

Trophophores:
Entirely converted into a second fertile segment.

Sporophores:
Double, 2 per leaf, 1-pinnate, 0.5-4 cm long.

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	S3?	Blue	Not Listed

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