Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pellaea wrightiana
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more in Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas.
Read about the discovery of this fern in the Jocassee Gorges of South Carolina.
Learn more about Pellaea from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pellaea wrightiana
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pellaea wrightiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH The global flora: a practical guide to vascular plant species of the world (Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng, 2018)
Hemionitis wrightiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Pellaea wrightiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Pellaea wrightiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2 (1993)
Pellaea wrightiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (Correll & Johnston, 1970)
Pellaea ternifolia var. wrightiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 010-04-002:
Pellaea wrightiana FAMILY Pteridaceae
COMMON NAME:
Wright's Cliffbrake
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Alan S. Weakley asw_102089042871314
April SC
Jocassee Gorges
Petiole dark brown, lustrous. Ultimate segments 5-20mm [in length], per Flora of North America.
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Alan S. Weakley asw_1167455817260735
April SC
Jocassee Gorges
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Alan S. Weakley asw_3484851861794797
April SC
Jocassee Gorges
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JK Marlow jkm190423_7600
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Found primarily in sw or w US, w isolated disjuncts in southern Appalachians, per The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014).
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JK Marlow jkm210615_1344
June Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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JK Marlow jkm210615_1362
June Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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Dan Whitten sdw_mysteryplant_072216b
July Pickens County SC
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Ed Pivorun ebp_121417_1211
December Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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Ed Pivorun ebp_pellaea
December Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Lower blade 2-pinnate, fertile segments with recurved margins, per Flora of North America.
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Tricia Kyzer tkz_20171203_120838_2
December Pickens County SC
Pinnae's segments apically mucronate, terminal one on a distinct short stalk, per The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014).
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Tricia Kyzer tkz_20171203_120909
December Pickens County SC
Pinnae usually have 3-9 leathery, glabrous, narrowly oblong, ultimate segments, per Flora of North America.
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Tricia Kyzer tkz_20171203_180549_793
December Pickens County SC
Pinnae point straight out or slightly toward leaf tip, per The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014).
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Tricia Kyzer tkz_20171203_180549_793b
December Pickens County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pellaea wrightiana
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pellaea wrightiana
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pellaea wrightiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The global flora: a practical guide to vascular plant species of the world (Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng, 2018)
Hemionitis wrightiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Pellaea wrightiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Pellaea wrightiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2
Pellaea wrightiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (Correll & Johnston, 1970)
Pellaea ternifolia var. wrightiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 010-04-002:
Pellaea wrightiana
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: In crevices or soil mats over various acidic to slightly basic rocks; eastwards on open to shaded outcrops of Carolina slate, "rich" granitic rock, gneiss, and other rock types, per Weakley's Flora
Native to sw. US, with a few, remarkable disjunct occurrences in c. NC & w. SC
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
2-pinnate basally to 1-pinnate-pinnatifid distally
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014) p282
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p107
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p096
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