Accession Data

Pellaea viridis

Common Name: Green Cliffbrake

Family: Pteridaceae

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.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 9a-10b

Accession #: 198500849

Accession Date: 1985-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3106

Quantity: 2

Source: Unknown

Classification

Division: Ferns

Class: Polypodiopsida

Subclass: Polypodiidae

Order: Polypodiales

SubOrder: Pteridinae

Family: Pteridaceae

SubFamily: Cheilanthoideae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015

References

  1. New South Wales Flora Online
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, July 12, 2016.
  3. Pellaea viridis at GBIF. Last accessed on Tuesday, July 12, 2016.

Images

Pellaea viridis