Botrychium minganense

Victorin

Proc. & Trans. Roy. Soc. Canada ser. 3, 21: 331. 1927.

Common names: Mingan moonwort botryche de Mingan
IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Botrychium lunaria var. minganense (Victorin) Dole
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 2.

Trophophore stalk 0–2 cm, 0 to 1/5 length of trophophore rachis; blade dull green, oblong to linear, 1-pinnate, to 10/2.5 cm, firm to herbaceous. Pinnae to 10 pairs, horizontal to slightly spreading, approximate to remote, distance between 1st and 2d pinnae not or slightly more than between 2d and 3d pairs, basal pinna pair approximately equal in size and cutting to adjacent pair, occasionally basal pinnae and/or some distal pinnae elongate, lobed to tip, nearly circular, fan-shaped or ovate, sides somewhat concave, margins nearly entire, shallowly crenate, occasionally pinnately lobed or divided, apex rounded, venation like ribs of fan with short midrib. Sporophores 1-pinnate, 2-pinnate in very large, robust plants, 1.5–2.5 times length of trophophore. 2n =180.


Phenology: Leaves appearing in spring through summer.
Habitat: Widely scattered
Elevation: 0–3700 m

Distribution

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St. Pierre and Miquelon, Alta., B.C., Man., N.B., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Ariz., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Maine, Mich., Minn., Mont., Nev., N.H., N.Y., N.Dak., Oreg., Utah, Vt., Wash., Wis., Wyo.

Discussion

Specimens of Botrychium minganense have sometimes been misidentified as B. dusenii (H.Christ) Alston, a South American species.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Botrychium minganense"
Warren H. Wagner Jr. +  and Florence S. Wagner +
Victorin +
Mingan moonwort +  and botryche de Mingan +
St. Pierre and Miquelon +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.W.T. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Ariz. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Maine +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mont. +, Nev. +, N.H. +, N.Y. +, N.Dak. +, Oreg. +, Utah +, Vt. +, Wash. +, Wis. +  and Wyo. +
0–3700 m +
Widely scattered +
Leaves appearing in spring through summer. +
Proc. & Trans. Roy. Soc. Canada +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Botrychium lunaria var. minganense +
Botrychium minganense +
Botrychium subg. Botrychium +
species +