Botrychium Species, Botrychium Species, Daisy-Leaf Moonwort, Lanceleaf Grapefern

This is a primitive Fern and it is unlikely that it would be grown in the garden. It is a member of the Adder's Tongue Fern Family (Ophio...Read Moreglossaceae). All members of the Family have a tap root and usually have only one frond per year, that includes the Adder's Tongue Ferns (Ophioglossum spp.); Small Grape Ferns (Botrychium spp.); Rattlesnake Fern (Botrypus virginianus); and the Large Grape Ferns (Sceptridium spp.). These Ferns can only be propagated by spores. I'm not certain if they have been grown from spores in cultivation. They cannot be divided and transplanting one from the wild would probably be fatal.

The USDA plant profile for B. matricariifolium shows a distribution for all of the northeastern US and much of eastern Canada, extending ...Read Moreup to the shores of Hudson Bay. Thus it is certainly hardy well beyond zone 5.

AKA Daisy-leaf Grape Fern, Matricary Grape Fern. Ranges from Special Concern through Endangered in much of it's range.

Considered an endangered species in the state of Maryland.