- Cheilanthes intertexta
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Cheilanthes intertexta Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Pteridophyta Class: Polypodiopsida Order: Polypodiales Family: Pteridaceae Genus: Cheilanthes Species: C. intertexta Binomial name Cheilanthes intertexta
MaxonCheilanthes intertexta is a species of lip fern known by the common name coastal lip fern. It is native to California and adjacent parts of southern Oregon and western Nevada, where it grows in rocky habitat. This fern is thought to be a fertile hybrid of Cheilanthes gracillima and Cheilanthes covillei.[1]
It produces clusters of dark green leaves up to about 25 centimeters long. Each leaf is divided into bumpy segments which are subdivided into pairs of rounded beadlike ultimate segments with their edges curled under to make them concave underneath. Each ultimate segment is less than 3 millimeters wide, hairy on top and scaly on the underside. Its sori are hard to see under the scales and curled margins.
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Categories:- Cheilanthes
- Ferns of California
- Fern species
- Flora of California chaparral and woodlands
- Flora of Nevada
- Flora of Oregon
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada region (U.S.)
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Fern stubs
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