Botrychium neolunaria Calflora

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Botrychium neolunaria Stensvold & Farrar

North American moonwort

Botrychium neolunaria is a perennial rhizomatous herb that is native to California, and also found in Arizona; Idaho; New Mexico;Nevada; Oregon; Utah and Washington.

California Rare Plant Rank: 2B.3 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA; common elsewhere).


	Plant Range Observation Search ~12 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

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Genus:	Botrychium
Family:	Ophioglossaceae
Category:	fern

Habitat: Meadows, and, seeps

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CNPS	Botrychium lunaria

Information about Botrychium neolunaria from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape CNPS Inventory: 2B.3 Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/24/2024).