OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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

 

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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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