Botrychium lunaria (L.) Sw.

Species in the Global Pollen Project's Master Reference Collection

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Digitised Reference Slides
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Distribution
Botrychium lunaria (rights holder: "<a href=""http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/WLI/"">USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute</a>.")© "<a href=""http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/WLI/"">USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute</a>." (licence)

Common Moonwort

The moon is a symbol for fertility. Young moonwort plants evolve in pits at the foot of the adult plant. This display of fertility is reason enough to name the plant after the moon. The leaf resembles a key. In olden days, one believed that this key opened ports to the underworld. The plant has one leaf containing spores and one leaf without. Moonwort grows in the dunes on northern slopes, where i... © Copyright Ecomare (licence)

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Definition
Parent Taxon
Botrychium
Global Pollen Project UUID
9f67f1f8-7744-409b-9e10-850af0013730
Botanical Reference
None available. You can check The Plant List for further information.
Connected data sources

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