Publication: Syn. Fil. ed. 2. 477. 1874.
Origin: Native
Herbarium search: CPNWH
Notes: FNA2: "The distinctive Pellaea brachyptera reportedly hybridizes with P . mucronata (A. F. Tryon 1957; D. B. Lellinger 1985); the hybrids are morphologically intermediate plants with malformed spores."
Last updated 2/21/2022 by David Giblin.