Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/13/22):
Pelazoneuron kunthii
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Kunth's Maiden-fern is a rather elegant fern. Learn more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thelypteris kunthii
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Christella normalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Cyclosorus kunthii
SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Thelypteris kunthii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Thelypteris kunthii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2 (1993)
Thelypteris kunthii
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-06-004:
Thelypteris kunthii FAMILY Aspidiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Thelypteris normalis
COMMON NAME:
Kunth's Maiden-fern, Southern Shield-fern, Southern Woodfern
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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Keith Bradley kab_t_kunthii_72799
March Miami-Dade County FL
Blade lanceolate, pinnae long-oblong, both with long tapering tips, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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Alan S. Weakley asw_880721203027149
April FL
Apalachicola National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm190423_7578
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Unexpectedly found in a quarried granite "wall" cozied up to Netted Chain Fern.
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Will Stuart wil_4819342939_9ae5c20bf6
July Mecklenburg County NC
In cultivation
Veins and midveins very long-hairy beneath. Indusia peltate, kidney-shaped, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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Will Stuart wil_4819988454_47a3eb2f92
July Mecklenburg County NC
In cultivation
Sori medial. Indusia peltate, kidney-shaped, hairy, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).
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Will Stuart wil_4819994498_5dce3ab382
July Mecklenburg County NC
In cultivation
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Sharleen Johnson shj_670848397871176
December Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/13/22):
Pelazoneuron kunthii
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thelypteris kunthii
FAMILY
Thelypteridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Christella normalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Cyclosorus kunthii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Thelypteris kunthii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Thelypteris kunthii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2
Thelypteris kunthii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 011-06-004:
Thelypteris kunthii
FAMILY
Aspidiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Thelypteris normalis
1504
Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: Coquina limestone (‘marl’) outcrops, calcareous bluffs and sinkhole slopes, also adventive on and around coquina limestone (marl) riprap around small bridges and ditches and in suburban forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Coastal Plain of SC & GA (naturalized elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
1-pinnate-pinnatifid
Leaves in two short rows on a short-creeping rhizome
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes short-creeping
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986) p142
- The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014) p300
- Ferns of Alabama (Short & Spaulding, 2012) p195
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p124
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p436
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