NameThatPlant.net: Christella hispidula var. 1

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Christella hispidula var. 1 [=versicolor] FAMILY Thelypteridaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

The species is sometimes separated into varieties (see synonymy). Our variety would be var. versicolor, but that combination has not been made in the genus Christella. Other varieties occur in the West Indies, in tropical New and Old World. Read more in Weakley's Flora (2023).

The boundary of native vs. adventive distribution is unclear, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

Learn more from Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thelypteris hispidula var. versicolor FAMILY Thelypteridaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Cristella quadrangularis

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Cyclosorus hispidulus

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

Thelypteris hispidula var. versicolor

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

Thelypteris hispidula var. versicolor

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

Thelypteris hispidula var. versicolor

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)

Thelypteris versicolor

SYNONYMOUS WITH -

Thelypteris quadrangularis var. versicolor

COMMON NAME:
Hairy Maiden Fern

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Christella hispidula var. 1 [=versicolor] FAMILY Thelypteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thelypteris hispidula var. versicolor FAMILY Thelypteridaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cristella quadrangularis

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Cyclosorus hispidulus

SYNONYMOUS WITH The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Thelypteris hispidula var. versicolor

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Thelypteris hispidula var. versicolor

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2
Thelypteris hispidula var. versicolor

SYNONYMOUS WITH Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Thelypteris versicolor

SYNONYMOUS WITH -
Thelypteris quadrangularis var. versicolor

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Fern/Fern ally
Perennial

Habitat: hammocks, limesinks, moist forests, streamsides, on soil in disturbed areas, and on mortar / masonry, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Coastal Plain of GA & SC; introduced elsewhere in GA-NC-SC

Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
1-pinnate-pinnatifid

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes short-creeping

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall

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