NameThatPlant.net: Myriopteris alabamensis

Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Myriopteris alabamensis FAMILY Pteridaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Learn more about Myriopteris from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cheilanthes alabamensis FAMILY Pteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 010-03-001:

Cheilanthes alabamensis FAMILY Pteridaceae

COMMON NAME:
Alabama Lipfern, Smooth Lipfern

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Myriopteris alabamensis FAMILY Pteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cheilanthes alabamensis FAMILY Pteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 010-03-001:
Cheilanthes alabamensis FAMILY Pteridaceae

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Fern/Fern ally

Habitat: Dry outcrops of limestone, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Rare

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Evergreen
2-pinnate to 2-pinnate-pinnatifid

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes short-creeping

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall

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