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Botrychium matricariifolium
Also called Branched moonwort, Daisy-leaved moonwort, Daisy Leaf Moonwort, Chamomile Grapefern, Daisy Leaved Grapefern, Matricary Moonwort, Daisy Leaf Grape Fern
Matricary grapefern is a small, fleshy fern in the adder's-tongue family, native to Europe and eastern North America, where it grows in cool, moist, open woodlands and meadows. It is a wild species rarely grown in gardens, and it is hard to keep alive outside its natural habitat.
Botrychium matricariifolium (orth.var. B. matricariaefolium) is a species of fern in the Ophioglossaceae family. It is referred to by the common names chamomile grape-fern, daisyleaf grape-fern, and matricary grape-fern. It is native to Europe and parts of eastern North America, including eastern Canada and parts of the United States.
This fleshy fern grows up to 30 cm (12 in) tall. It produces dull green sterile leaf blades up to 10 cm (3.9 in) long by 9 cm (3.5 in) wide divided into a few pairs of segments. The fertile leaves are a bit longer and bear the spores.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Botrychium matricariifolium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
