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Botrychium multifidum
Also called Leathery grapefern, Leather Grapefern, Leather Leaved Grapefern, Leathery Grape Fern
Leathery grapefern is a small fern-like plant native to cool northern regions of Europe, Asia and North America, growing from a short underground stem with a single leaf that appears above ground. It is a wild species that prefers moist, cool conditions and is rarely grown in gardens.
Sceptridium multifidum is a fern species in the Ophioglossaceae (Adder's tongue family), known by the common names leathery grapefern and leathery moonwort.
It is native to Europe, Asia, and North America including Greenland, where it is widespread and grows in moist areas in many habitat types.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sceptridium multifidum 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.
