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Ophioglossum pusillum
Also called Adder's-tongue, Northern adder's-tongue
A small, inconspicuous fleshy fern native to cold northern North America, found in wet marshes, fens and meadows. It is a wild plant rarely grown in gardens, and it needs consistently moist, cool conditions.
Ophioglossum pusillum is a species of fern in the family Ophioglossaceae known by the common name northern adder's tongue.
It is native to northern North America, where it is widespread in moist areas such as marshes, fens, and meadows. It is found from northern California through Alaska on the west, and from central Appalachia through the northern Great Plains and the Great Lakes regions, across the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada.
Small Adder's Tongue · California adderstongue · Limestone adderstongue · Least Adder's-tongue · Ophioglossum malviae · Longstem adderstongue · Netted adderstongue · Adder's-tongue · Adderstongue
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ophioglossum pusillum 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.
