- Cheilanthes newberryi
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Cheilanthes newberryi 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Pteridophyta Class: Polypodiopsida Order: Polypodiales Family: Pteridaceae Genus: Cheilanthes Species: C. newberryi Binomial name Cheilanthes newberryi
(D.C.Eaton) DominCheilanthes 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.
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment - Cheilanthes newberryi
- USDA Plants Profile: Cheilanthes newberryi
- Flora of North America
Categories:- Cheilanthes
- Ferns of California
- Fern species
- Flora of Baja California
- Flora of California chaparral and woodlands
- Fern stubs
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