OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Astrolepis sinuata ssp. sinuata   FAMILY Pteridaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Astrolepis sinuata ssp. sinuata   FAMILY Pteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Astrolepis sinuata ssp. sinuata

INCLUDED WITHIN The global flora: a practical guide to vascular plant species of the world (Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng, 2018)

Hemionitis sinuata

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)

Astrolepis sinuata ssp. sinuata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Astrolepis sinuata ssp. sinuata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2 (1993)

Astrolepis sinuata ssp. sinuata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (Correll & Johnston, 1970)

Notholaena sinuata var. sinuata

 

COMMON NAME:
Wavy Cloak Fern, Wavy Scaly Cloak Fern


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image of Astrolepis sinuata ssp. sinuata, Wavy Cloak Fern, Wavy Scaly Cloak Fern

Ed Pivorun    ebp_astrolepis_sinuata

December    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Some consider Astrolepis to be the most sun-tolerant of the xerophytic ferns, per The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014).

image of Astrolepis sinuata ssp. sinuata, Wavy Cloak Fern, Wavy Scaly Cloak Fern

Ed Pivorun    ebp_astrolepis_sinuata2

December    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Pinnae alternate, oblong with short petioles, cut 1/3 to 1/2 way to midvein, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

image of Astrolepis sinuata ssp. sinuata, Wavy Cloak Fern, Wavy Scaly Cloak Fern

Ed Pivorun    ebp_astrolepis_sinuata2b

December    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Longest pinnae 7-35mm long, deeply symmetrically lobed with 6-14 lobes, per The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014).

image of Astrolepis sinuata ssp. sinuata, Wavy Cloak Fern, Wavy Scaly Cloak Fern

Ed Pivorun    ebp_astrolepis_sinuata3

December    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Lower surface covered w hairy scales. Sori continuous along reflexed margin, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia (Snyder & Bruce, 1986).

image of Astrolepis sinuata ssp. sinuata, Wavy Cloak Fern, Wavy Scaly Cloak Fern

Ed Pivorun    ebp_astrolepis_sinuata7

December    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

image of Astrolepis sinuata ssp. sinuata, Wavy Cloak Fern, Wavy Scaly Cloak Fern

Ed Pivorun    ebp_astrolepis_sinuata7b

December    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Astrolepis sinuata ssp. sinuata   FAMILY Pteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Astrolepis sinuata ssp. sinuata   FAMILY Pteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Astrolepis sinuata ssp. sinuata

INCLUDED WITHIN The global flora: a practical guide to vascular plant species of the world (Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng, 2018)
Hemionitis sinuata

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Astrolepis sinuata ssp. sinuata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Astrolepis sinuata ssp. sinuata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2
Astrolepis sinuata ssp. sinuata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas (Correll & Johnston, 1970)
Notholaena sinuata var. sinuata

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4214

Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: Granitic outcrops and boulders, outcrops of acidic gneiss, per Weakley's Flora

Native to southwestern US, with disjunct populations in GA & w. SC

Rare

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
1-pinnate-pinnatifid, with 30-60 pairs of pinnae

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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