Anemia adiantifolia |
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pine fern, pineland fern |
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Stems | ca. 2 mm diam. |
Leaves | partially dimorphic (sporangia limited to proximal pair of pinnae), 17–85 × 7–35 cm, sterile leaves (excluding erect fertile pinnae) 17–60 cm. |
Petiole | straw-colored to chestnut brown, 1/2–2/3 length of leaf, 1–1.4 mm wide, hirsute to glabrous. |
Blade | deltate, 3-pinnate, leathery. |
Pinnae | 10–18 pairs, alternate to subopposite, segments oblanceolate, base cuneate, margins minutely denticulate, apex obtuse, pilose with stiff white hairs. |
Spores | with ridges ± parallel, distant. |
Fertile | pinnae usually taller than sterile blades. |
2n | = 76, 114, 152. |
Anemia adiantifolia |
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Habitat | Terrestrial on open to lightly shaded, rocky slopes and in hammocks and pine woods, often on limestone |
Elevation | 0–30 m (0–100 ft) |
Distribution |
FL; Mexico; Central America; West Indies in the Antilles; Trinidad; South America to Ecuador and Brazil
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Source | FNA vol. 2. |
Parent taxa | Anemiaceae > Anemia |
Sibling taxa | |
Synonyms | Osmunda adiantifolia |
Name authority | (Linnaeus) Swartz: Syn. Fil. 157. (1806) |
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