Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Adiantum hispidulum
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Adiantum hispidulum
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Adiantum hispidulum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Adiantum hispidulum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Adiantum hispidulum
COMMON NAME:
Rough Maidenhair, Garden Maidenhair
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Adiantum hispidulum
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Adiantum hispidulum
FAMILY
Pteridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Adiantum hispidulum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Adiantum hispidulum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Adiantum hispidulum
4612
Fern/Fern ally
Perennial
Habitat: Stone walls, old wells, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Africa & Asia
Waif(s)
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LEAVES:
2-pinnate to 3-pinnate, leaf dichotomously divided at the summit of the petiole, the two main branches pedately branched, fanlike
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
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