Accession #: 198500849
Accession Date: 1985-12-31
Common name: Green Cliffbrake
Family: Pteridaceae
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Country of Origin: Africa
Description: Rhizome short-creeping, scaly.
Fronds ± erect, in tufts, to 25–40 cm long; stipe 10–25 cm long, dark brown and shiny with scales at the base similar to those on the rhizome; lamina leathery, usually 2-pinnate, sometimes to 3-pinnate towards the base; pinnae alternate, lanceolate to ovate, 1–4 cm long, 0.7–2 cm wide, margins minutely crenate; bases usually truncate sometimes with spreading basal lobes, terminal pinnule larger.
Marginal band of sori continuous c. 1 mm wide.
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USDA Zone: 9a-10b
Source: Unknown
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