NameThatPlant.net: Ophioglossum crotalophoroides

Monilophytes (ferns): Ophioglossoid Ferns (eusporangiate ferns): Ophioglossales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ophioglossum crotalophoroides FAMILY Ophioglossaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Learn more about Ophioglossum from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ophioglossum crotalophoroides FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Ophioglossum crotalophoroides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Ophioglossum crotalophoroides

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)

Ophioglossum crotalophoroides

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Ophioglossum crotalophoroides var. crotalophoroides

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Ophioglossum crotalophoroides var. nanum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 006-02-001:

Ophioglossum crotalophoroides FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)

Ophioglossum crotalophoroides

COMMON NAME:
Bulbous Adder's-tongue, Dwarf Adder's Tongue

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ophioglossum crotalophoroides FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ophioglossum crotalophoroides FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ophioglossum crotalophoroides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Ophioglossum crotalophoroides

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Ophioglossum crotalophoroides

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Ophioglossum crotalophoroides var. crotalophoroides

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Ophioglossum crotalophoroides var. nanum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 006-02-001:
Ophioglossum crotalophoroides FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Ophioglossum crotalophoroides

3415

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: Moist ditch banks, grassy roadside flats, lawns, cemeteries, moist pine woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Leaf consists of a simple sterile blade & an erect, spike-like fertile segment

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall

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