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Learn more about Hairy Lipfern on the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Myriopteris lanosa
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cheilanthes lanosa
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
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
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
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Cheilanthes lanosa
COMMON NAME:
Hairy Lipfern
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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.
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.
JK Marlow jkm200425_4323
April Greenville County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
The most common and most widespread lipfern in our area, and ...
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).
JK Marlow jkm200425_4325
April Greenville County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Minute, beadlike, pinnule lobes help distinguish Lip Ferns from other ferns, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
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.
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_cheilanthes_lanosa_5
October
Pinnules lobed to deeply lobed but rarely cut to midrib, sparsely hairy, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.