Asplenium palmeri |
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Palmer's spleenwort |
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Roots | not proliferous. |
Stems | short-creeping, unbranched; scales black with lighter margins, linear-lanceolate, 1.5–3 × 0.1–0.4 mm, margins entire. |
Leaves | monomorphic. |
Petiole | purplish black, lustrous, 0.5–3 cm, 1/3–1/20 length of blade; indument of black filiform scales at base. |
Blade | linear, 1-pinnate throughout, 7–17.5 × 0.9–1.8 cm, thick, glabrous; base gradually reduced; apex gradually reduced to whiplike rooting tip. |
Pinnae | in (12–)20–40 pairs, oblong; medial pinnae 6–9 × 3–4 mm; base broadly cuneate or auriculate; margins crenate-serrate; apex obtuse. |
Veins | free, obscure. |
Sori | 3–7 pairs per pinna, on both basiscopic and acroscopic sides. |
Spores | 64 per sporangium. |
Rachis | purplish black throughout, lustrous, glabrous or nearly so. |
Asplenium palmeri |
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Habitat | Shaded rocky slopes, wet ledges, often in protected places |
Elevation | 900–2000(–2750) m (3000–6600(–9000) ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico; Central America in Guatemala; Belize
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Source | FNA vol. 2. |
Parent taxa | Aspleniaceae > Asplenium |
Sibling taxa | |
Name authority | Maxon: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13: 39. (1909) |
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