Kingdom:
Phylum:
Pteridophytes
Order:
Ophioglossales
Species:
hesperium
ID:
1111557

Status:
valid

Authors:
(Maxon & R.T.Clausen) W.H.Wagner & Lellinger

Source:
tro

Year:
1981

Citation Micro:
Amer. Fern J. 71(3): 92 (1981)

WFO Identifier:
wfo-0001110895

Common Names

  • Botrychium hesperium
  • Western Moonwort
  • Western Botrychium

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Uses & Benefits

Botrychium hesperium is an ornamental plant that is often used in gardens and parks. It has attractive foliage and produces small white flowers. It is also used for medicinal purposes, such as treating skin diseases and wounds.

Flower, Seeds and Seedlings

Botrychium hesperium has small, yellowish-green flowers that are borne in clusters. The seeds are small and black. The seedlings have a single, long, narrow, lance-shaped leaf.

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Where to Find Botrychium hesperium

Botrychium hesperium can be found in wet meadows, marshes, and shallow ponds in the western United States and Canada.

Species in the Botrychium genus

Botrychium atrovirens, Botrychium biforme, Botrychium lineare, Botrychium microphyllum, Botrychium triangularifolium, Botrychium watertonense, Botrychium alaskense, Botrychium biternatum, Botrychium boreale, Botrychium dissectum, Botrychium dusenii, Botrychium jenmanii, Botrychium lanceolatum, Botrychium lunaria, Botrychium lunarioides, Botrychium matricariifolium, Botrychium minganense, Botrychium oneidense, Botrychium simplex, Botrychium subbifoliatum, Botrychium ternatum, Botrychium virginianum, Botrychium pinnatum, Botrychium pumicola, Botrychium ternatum, Botrychium montanum, Botrychium hesperium, Botrychium crenulatum, Botrychium ascendens, Botrychium campestre, Botrychium echo, Botrychium pedunculosum, Botrychium paradoxum, Botrychium rugulosum, Botrychium mormo, Botrychium australe, Botrychium chamaeconium, Botrychium schaffneri, Botrychium decompositum, Botrychium underwoodianum, Botrychium pallidum, Botrychium spathulatum, Botrychium daucifolium, Botrychium lanuginosum, Botrychium japonicum, Botrychium strictum, Botrychium formosanum, Botrychium nipponicum, Botrychium multifidum, Botrychium acuminatum,

Species in the Ophioglossaceae family

References

The Plant List v1.1 record tro-26604465: Based on the initial data import
Warren H. Wagner (1920-2000): Based on occurrence of standard abbreviation 'W.H.Wagner' in the authors string.
William Ralph Maxon (1877-1948): Based on occurrence of standard abbreviation 'Maxon' in the authors string.
David B. Lellinger (b.1937): Based on occurrence of standard abbreviation 'Lellinger' in the authors string.
Robert Theodore Clausen (1911-1981): Based on occurrence of standard abbreviation 'R.T.Clausen' in the authors string.