OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Monilophytes (ferns): Ophioglossoid Ferns (eusporangiate ferns): Ophioglossales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Ophioglossum petiolatum   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ophioglossum petiolatum   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Ophioglossum petiolatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Ophioglossum petiolatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)

Ophioglossum petiolatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 006-02-003:

Ophioglossum petiolatum   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

INCLUDING Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)

Ophioglossum floridanum

 

COMMON NAME:
 Longstem Adder's-tongue, Stalked Adder's-tongue Fern, Longstem Adder's-tongue

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image of Ophioglossum petiolatum, Longstem Adder's-tongue, Stalked Adder's-tongue Fern, Longstem Adder's-tongue

JK Marlow    jkm100313_164

March    Gadsden County    FL

Angus Gholson Nature Park

image of Ophioglossum petiolatum, Longstem Adder's-tongue, Stalked Adder's-tongue Fern, Longstem Adder's-tongue

Keith Bradley    kab_o_petiolatum_06377

March    Collier County    FL

Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park

Lance-shaped blade abruptly expands from a short stalk and tapers upward, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

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image of Ophioglossum petiolatum, Longstem Adder's-tongue, Stalked Adder's-tongue Fern, Longstem Adder's-tongue

Keith Bradley    kab_o_petiolatum_70199

July    Collier County    FL

Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park

Beadlike sporangia in a 1-4cm spike atop a 3-11cm stipe, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Ophioglossum petiolatum   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ophioglossum petiolatum   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
 Ophioglossum petiolatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
 Ophioglossum petiolatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
 Ophioglossum petiolatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 006-02-003:
 Ophioglossum petiolatum   FAMILY Ophioglossaceae

INCLUDING Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
 Ophioglossum floridanum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3423

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: Maritime wet grasslands, wet pine flatwoods, moist ditch banks, and grassy roadside flats, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native? Asia

Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare in Carolinas

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Leaf consists of a simple sterile blade & an erect, spike-like fertile segment

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall

 

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