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Last updated 10/3/2023 by David Giblin.
Myriopteris gracilis Fée[Grusz & Windham 2013, HC2]
Fee's lace-fern, slender lace-fern, Fee's lip fern

Publication: Mém. Fam. Foug. 5: 150, t. 29, f. 6. 1852.

Origin: Native

selected vouchers: WTU

Notes: Reports of Cheilanthes lanosa (Michx.) D.C. Eaton from the Olympic Peninsula (VPPN1) have not been confirmed by FNA or Buckingham et al. (1995).

FNA2: "Cheilanthes feei is an apogamous triploid of unknown parentage. It has small, beadlike blade segments similar to those of subg. Physapteris , but most morphological characteristics suggest a clear relationship to members of subg. Cheilanthes (T. Reeves 1979). The species is most often confused with C . parryi , from which it can be distinguished by its thinner, sparser pubescence and smaller ultimate segments."

References: (none)

Synonyms & Misapplied Names:
Cheilanthes feei T. Moore[FNA2, HC]