Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Myriopteris tomentosa
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cheilanthes tomentosa
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 010-03-003:
Cheilanthes tomentosa
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
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 jkm110513_507
May Greenville County SC
Camp Old Indian
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_ctomentosa0062
June
The blade's ultimate segments pinched at the base so as to appear beadlike, per Ferns of the Smokies.
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Emily B. Sessa ebs_ctomentosa0062b
June
Pinnae slightly hairy above, densely woolly beneath, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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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_ctomentosa0070
June
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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