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Ophioglossum lusitanicum
Also called Least Adder's Tongue Fern, Austral Adder's Tongue
Ophioglossum lusitanicum, the least adder's-tongue, is a small fern of the family Ophioglossaceae. It is a temperate species categorised as least concern by the IUCN (2001).
Ophioglossum lusitanicum is native to regions bordering the eastern North Atlantic Ocean in Mauritania, Macaronesia (excluding Cape Verde), Morocco, Portugal, France up to the Isles of Scilly and Channel Islands; all countries bordering the Mediterranean; the Caucasus region and has some records in India and Vietnam.
Small Adder's Tongue · California adderstongue · Limestone adderstongue · Ophioglossum malviae · Longstem adderstongue · Northern adderstongue · Netted adderstongue · Adder's-tongue · Adderstongue
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ophioglossum lusitanicum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
