Botrychium minganense Calflora

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Taxon Report

Botrychium minganense Vict.

Mingan moonwort

2020 Belinda Lo

2011 Aaron E. Sims

2014 Sierra Pacific Industries

2020 Belinda Lo

Botrychium minganense is a fern (rhizomatous) that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.

California Rare Plant Rank: 4.2 (limited distribution).


	Plant Range Observation Search ~126 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

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Genus:	Botrychium
Family:	Ophioglossaceae
Category:	fern
PLANTS group:	Fern
Jepson eFlora section: fern

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS + PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Botrychium lunaria ssp. minganense
JEF + PLANTS	Botrychium lunaria var. minganense

Information about Botrychium minganense from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (BOMI) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map CNPS Inventory: 4.2 Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 05/18/2025).