Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pellaea ternifolia ssp. arizonica
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more in Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pellaea ternifolia ssp. arizonica
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pellaea ternifolia ssp. arizonica
INCLUDED WITHIN The global flora: a practical guide to vascular plant species of the world (Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng, 2018)
Hemionitis ternifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Pellaea ternifolia ssp. arizonica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Pellaea ternifolia ssp. arizonica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2 (1993)
Pellaea ternifolia ssp. arizonica
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (Correll & Johnston, 1970)
Pellaea ternifolia var. ternifolia
COMMON NAME:
Arizona Cliffbrake
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Richard D. Porcher rdp_p_ternifolia_ariz3
December Pickens County SC
One of several southwestern ferns w disjunct populations in s. Appalachians, per The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014).
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Richard D. Porcher rdp_p_ternifolia_ariz3b
December Pickens County SC
Ultimate segments linear-oblong apically mucronate, leathery, glabrous below, per The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014).
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Richard D. Porcher rdp_p_ternifolia_ariz3c
December Pickens County SC
Basal pinnae of 3 incompletely divided segments. Petiole dk purple to black, per The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pellaea ternifolia ssp. arizonica
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pellaea ternifolia ssp. arizonica
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pellaea ternifolia ssp. arizonica
INCLUDED WITHIN
The global flora: a practical guide to vascular plant species of the world (Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng, 2018)
Hemionitis ternifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Pellaea ternifolia ssp. arizonica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Pellaea ternifolia ssp. arizonica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2
Pellaea ternifolia ssp. arizonica
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (Correll & Johnston, 1970)
Pellaea ternifolia var. ternifolia
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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: On granitic outcrops, per Weakley's Flora
Native to southwestern US, with disjunct populations in SC
Rare
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
1-pinnate-pinnatifid, most pinnae composed of 3 incompletely divided segments (with a few at tip undivided)
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014) p276
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p107
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p096
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