Monilophytes (ferns): Ophioglossoid Ferns (eusporangiate ferns): Ophioglossales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ophioglossum crotalophoroides
FAMILY
Ophioglossaceae
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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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986) p024
- The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014) p185
- Ferns of Alabama (Short & Spaulding, 2012) p129
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