Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Deparia petersenii
FAMILY
Athyriaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
See herbarium specimens at the Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
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The contrast of stiff silvery hairs against a dark brown petiole (stipe) and rachis is a helpful diagnostic feature, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Deparia petersonii
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Deparia petersenii
COMMON NAME:
Japanese Lady Fern, Japanese false spleenwort
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Blade ovate-lanceolate, abruptly narrowed to an acuminate, pinnatifid apex, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Deparia petersenii
FAMILY
Athyriaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Deparia petersonii
FAMILY
Dryopteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Deparia petersenii
3413
Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: swamp forests, wet hammocks, moist banks, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: southeast Asia
Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
1-pinnate-pinnatifid
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
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