Botrychium lanceolatum

Botrychium lanceolatum, known as lanceleaf moonwort, is a species of plant belonging to the family Ophioglossaceae.^[1]

Lanceleaf Moonwort
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Ophioglossales
Family:	Ophioglossaceae
Genus:	Botrychium
Species:	B. lanceolatum
Binomial name
Botrychium lanceolatum (S.G. Gmel.) Angstr.
Synonyms
Osmunda lanceolata S.G.Gmel.

Its native range is subarctic and temperate Northern Hemisphere including Greenland.^[2][1]

Taxonomy

Botrychium lanceolatum was first described as Osmunda lanceolata by Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin in 1768.^[3]