OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pellaea wrightiana   FAMILY Pteridaceae   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Pellaea wrightiana, Wright's Cliffbrake

Alan S. Weakley    asw_102089042871314

April        SC

Jocassee Gorges

Petiole dark brown, lustrous. Ultimate segments 5-20mm [in length], per Flora of North America.

image of Pellaea wrightiana, Wright's Cliffbrake

Alan S. Weakley    asw_1167455817260735

April        SC

Jocassee Gorges

image of Pellaea wrightiana, Wright's Cliffbrake

Alan S. Weakley    asw_3484851861794797

April        SC

Jocassee Gorges

image of Pellaea wrightiana, Wright's Cliffbrake

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).

image of Pellaea wrightiana, Wright's Cliffbrake

JK Marlow    jkm210615_1344

June    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

image of Pellaea wrightiana, Wright's Cliffbrake

JK Marlow    jkm210615_1362

June    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

image of Pellaea wrightiana, Wright's Cliffbrake

Dan Whitten    sdw_mysteryplant_072216b

July    Pickens County    SC

image of Pellaea wrightiana, Wright's Cliffbrake

Ed Pivorun    ebp_121417_1211

December    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

image of Pellaea wrightiana, Wright's Cliffbrake

Ed Pivorun    ebp_pellaea

December    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Lower blade 2-pinnate, fertile segments with recurved margins, per Flora of North America.

image of Pellaea wrightiana, Wright's Cliffbrake

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).

image of Pellaea wrightiana, Wright's Cliffbrake

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.

image of Pellaea wrightiana, Wright's Cliffbrake

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).

image of Pellaea wrightiana, Wright's Cliffbrake

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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4208

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: South-facing 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

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
2-pinnate basally to 1-pinnate-pinnatifid distally

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall

 

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