Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Myriopteris lanosa
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
This is a somewhat small fern of rock surfaces, with a narrow blade (about 6" x 1.5"). The stipe is about 4" long, blackish and wiry, but still quite hairy/hirsute. The blades are quite hairy, especially below, bipinnate-pinnatifid, at times almost tripinnate. There are only about 7-10 pairs of pinnae. The sori are in a row along the margins of the pinnules on the blade underside, though the rolled-under leaf margins do not cover up sight of them (as in the more rolled-under leaves of M. tomentosa). Learn more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Much the commonest and most widespread lipfern in our area, a sexual diploid, and the most eastern of a predominantly "southwestern" genus. Myriopteris lanosa is more sparsely hairy, "greener", smaller-fronded, and more mat-forming than the second most widely distributed and common Myriopteris in our region, Myriopteris tomentosa, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cheilanthes lanosa
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Myriopteris lanosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH The global flora: a practical guide to vascular plant species of the world (Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng, 2018)
Hemionitis lanosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Cheilanthes lanosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cheilanthes lanosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2 (1993)
Cheilanthes lanosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 010-03-002:
Cheilanthes lanosa FAMILY Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Cheilanthes vestita
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Cheilanthes lanosa
COMMON NAME:
Hairy Lipfern
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_chla2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm230228_1359
February Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_clanosa8958
April
Curls up when dry but revives with rain, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_clanosa8964b
April
Pinnule lobes have sparse hairs on both sides, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm170408_534
April Newberry County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
Pinnules lobed to deeply lobed but rarely cut to midrib, sparsely hairy, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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JK Marlow jkm170408_536
April Newberry County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm170408_543
April Newberry County SC
Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm200425_4323
April Greenville County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
The most common and most widespread lipfern in our area, and ...
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JK Marlow jkm200425_4324
April Greenville County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
...the most eastern of a predominantly "southwestern" genus, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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JK Marlow jkm200425_4325
April Greenville County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220409_6619
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220421_7119
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220421_7120
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
Petiole & rachis with hairs only (vs. M. tomentosa with a mixture of flattened scales and hairs), per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_clanosa0087
June
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_clanosa0105b
June
Sori crowded to form continuous line around, & partially covered by, margin, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_cheilanthes_lanosa_5
October
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Myriopteris lanosa
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cheilanthes lanosa
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Myriopteris lanosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The global flora: a practical guide to vascular plant species of the world (Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng, 2018)
Hemionitis lanosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Cheilanthes lanosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cheilanthes lanosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2
Cheilanthes lanosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 010-03-002:
Cheilanthes lanosa
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Cheilanthes vestita
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Cheilanthes lanosa
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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: Dry outcrops of felsic or intermediate-composition metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common to uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Evergreen
2-pinnate-pinnatifid
FRUIT:
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 (Snyder & Bruce, 1986) p056
- The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014) p242
- Ferns of Alabama (Short & Spaulding, 2012) p169
- Ferns of the Smokies (Evans, 2005) p49
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p205
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p094
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