Rough Lip Fern
Cheilanthes horridula
Characteristics
- Environment - Limestone pockets.
- Fronds - Very small as compared to most ferns.
- Leaves - hirsute, rough edges.
- Rachis - Dark colored and nearly covered by light colored long scales.
- Spores - Line the underside edges of this lip fern.
This fern prefers limestone pockets in bluff areas.
A frond showing the leaflet patterns and shapes.
Upper surface of leaflets showing the irregular surfaces along the edges.
The dark rachis is heavily covered by long light colored scales.
Spores along the outer edges of each leaflet. Note the many hairs on the surfaces and along the edges.
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