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§1 Plant
Ophioglossum nudicaule L. f.
vernacular least adderstongue — species · Ophioglossaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Fern
- Family
- Ophioglossaceae Martinov
- Genus
- Ophioglossum
Native status, by region
- HI Hawaii Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Native
County-level range
· 81 counties across 8 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 81 counties across 8 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Broward 12011
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Jackson 12063
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Marion 12083
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Nassau 12089
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Polk 12105
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sumter 12119
- Taylor 12123
Georgia view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- Evangeline 22039
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/OPNU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/8345685 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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