Bryologist 103, 3: 495 (2000).

Protolog: "Thallus foliosus, Peltigerae aphthosae et P. leucophlebiae similis, sed venis conspicuis leniter atrantibus, necnon apotheciis uniformiter corticatis. Apothecia revoluta; sporae bacillari-aciculares, 54-78 x 3.0-4.5 µm, triseptatae. Terricola. Holotypus Goward 95-1173, in UBC.

Type: Canada. British Columbia. Clearwater River Basin, Trophy Mountains, 1,800 m, 51°46'N, 119°55'W, muscicolous over siliceous boulder, in open oldgrowth Abies lasiocarpa-Picea engelmannii forest, 8 September 1995, Goward 95-1173 (UBC, Holotype; BM, CANL, H, DUKE)".

Type locality: Canada, British Columbia, Clearwater River Basin, Trophy Mountains, muscicolous over siliceous boulder, in open oldgrowth Abies lasiocarpa-Picea engelmannii forest, 1800 m, 8.9.1995, Goward 95-1173 (UBC - holotype; BM, CANL, H, DUKE - isotypes).

Barcode: Available. Data lacking.

Coordinates: 51°46'N, 119°55'W; Data lacking.