Life form2, 3: fern
Habitat: rocky slopes
leaf presence3: leaves usually present
leaf arrangement3: basal
leaf format3: palmately bipinnatifid
leaf shape3: lanceolate
leaf surface3: stellate hairs
leaf margin3: pinnatifid
Flower color2: no flowers
Flowering period2: non-flowering
Armament2, 3: spineless
Family1, 2, 3: Pteridaceae (brake family)
Synonym(s)1: Cheilanthes deserti
Status: uncommon
Locations where collected or observed: Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Tinajas Altas area
*For information on nomenclature, authorship, or plant characteristics, see these references:
- 1 Felger, Richard Stephen, Susan Rutman, Thomas Van Devender, and Steven M. Buckley. 2012. Checklist of Vascular Plants of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, and Tinaja Altas, Arizona. CANOTIA 8:1-53
- 2 Felger, Richard Stephen, Susan Rutman, Michael F. Wilson, and Kathryn Mauz. 2007. Botanical Diversity of Southwestern Arizona and Northwestern Sonora. in: Dry Borders, Great Natural Reserves of the Sonoran Desert. eds.: Richard Stephen Felger and Bill Broyles. The University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City
- 3 Felger, Richard Stephen. 2000. Flora of the Gran Desierto and Rio Colorado of Northwestern Mexico. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson
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