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.
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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 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 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 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