1040

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common in GA Mountains, uncommon in NC Mtns, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC

Look for it on outcrops of limestone and other rocks (usually either calcareous, subcalcareous, or mafic), rarely on masonry walls, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
2-pinnate at base, 1-pinnate at apex

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia p062
• The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas p272
• Ferns of the Smokies p51
• Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p111
• Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p180

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Pellaea atropurpurea   FAMILY Pteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pellaea atropurpurea   FAMILY Pteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Pellaea atropurpurea

SYNONYMOUS WITH The global flora: a practical guide to vascular plant species of the world (Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng, 2018)
Hemionitis atropurpurea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 010-04-001:
Pellaea atropurpurea   FAMILY Pteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Pellaea atropurpurea