Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Myriopteris tomentosa
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Woolly Lipfern and Hairy Lipfern often grow together. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cheilanthes tomentosa
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The global flora: a practical guide to vascular plant species of the world (Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng, 2018)
Hemionitis bradburii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Cheilanthes tomentosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 010-03-003:
Cheilanthes tomentosa
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Cheilanthes lanosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cheilanthes tomentosa
COMMON NAME:
Woolly Lipfern
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_chto2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm090425_116
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
Fronds curl up when dry but become fresh & green again with rain, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
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JK Marlow jkm090425_119
April
Nine Times Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm200425_4308
April Greenville County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm200425_4311
April Greenville County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm200425_4311b
April Greenville County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
The blade's ultimate segments pinched at the base so as to appear beadlike, per Ferns of the Smokies.
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JK Marlow jkm200425_4315
April Greenville County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220409_6620
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220409_6621
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220409_6625
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220409_6628
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm110513_507
May Greenville County SC
Camp Old Indian
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JK Marlow jkm200508_4774
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
The stipes are very hairy and scaly, about 3-4" long, shorter than blades, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_ctomentosa0062
June
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_ctomentosa0062b
June
A woolly-looking species, with a glaucous, pale whitish-gray-green blade, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_ctomentosa0067
June
Pinnules deeply cut into oblong lobes, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_ctomentosa0072
June
Rachis brown, densely hairy and scaly, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_ctomentosa0078
June
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_ctomentosa0113
June
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Myriopteris tomentosa
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cheilanthes tomentosa
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The global flora: a practical guide to vascular plant species of the world (Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng, 2018)
Hemionitis bradburii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Cheilanthes tomentosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 010-03-003:
Cheilanthes tomentosa
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Cheilanthes lanosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cheilanthes tomentosa
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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain)
Habitat: Dry outcrops of intermediate or calcareous metamorphic, igneous, or sedimentary rocks (including sandstone outcrops in the Coastal Plain of GA and SC), per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
3-pinnate
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 p058
- The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas p249
- Ferns of Alabama p165
- Ferns of the Smokies p50
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p173
- Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America p096