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Cheilanthes newberryi

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Order
  
Polypodiales

Genus
  
Cheilanthes

Higher classification
  
Cheilanthes

Division
  
Pteridophyta

Family
  
Pteridaceae

Scientific name
  
Cheilanthes newberryi

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Cheilanthes clevelandii, Cheilanthes, Cheilanthes parryi, Cheilanthes covillei, Pteridaceae

Cheilanthes newberryi is a species of lip fern known by the common name Newberry's lip fern. It is native to southern California and Baja California, where it grows in rocky places in mostly dry habitat such as the California chaparral and woodlands.

Description

The Cheilanthes newberryi fern has leaves up to about 30 centimeters long which are coated in matted white, gray, or brownish hairs. Each leaf is made up of subdivided segments where the ultimate segment is oval in shape, mostly flat, and hard to visualize due to its thick coat of hairs. On the underside are scattered sori containing sporangia. Each sporangium may have either 64 or 32 spores.

References

Cheilanthes newberryi Wikipedia