Flora of North America species comparison

short- to long-creeping, 4–8 mm diam.

short-creeping to suberect, 5–8 mm diam.

monomorphic, evergreen, up to 2(–3) cm apart, (15–)50–160 cm.

monomorphic, evergreen, clustered, 20–55(–80) cm.

straw-colored, (5–)20–80 × (1–)3–6 mm, at base with brown, linear-lanceolate, hairy scales.

straw-colored, 5–18(–25) cm × 1–3 mm, at base with brown, lanceolate, stellate-hairy scales.

(9–)30–80 cm, broadest at base, gradually tapered to pinnatifid apex.

15–40(–55) × 5–10 cm, proximal 2–5(–10) pairs of pinnae gradually reduced, blade gradually narrowed distally to a pinnatifid apex.

(2–)8–15(–20) × (0.6–)1–2.5 cm, incised 3/5–4/5 of width;

segments oblong, rounded to acute at apex;

proximal pair of veins from adjacent segments running to sinus, or nearly so.

18–25 pairs, 2–5(–8) × 1–1.5(–2) cm, deeply serrate to incised nearly 3/4 of width, distal pinnae often strongly adnate;

segments of rather harsh texture, somewhat oblique, rounded-deltate to often acute;

proximal pair of veins from adjacent segments united below sinus with excurrent vein.

round, medial to supramedial;

indusia tan, hairy, hairs 0.2–0.4 mm;

sporangial glands obscure, yellowish, stalked, arising from sporangial stalks.

round, medial to supramedial;

indusia tan, densely stellate-hairy;

sporangia glabrous.

abaxially of hairs mostly 0.3–1 mm on costae, veins, and blade tissue;

veins adaxially with similar hairs but blade tissue usually without hairs, often with scattered yellowish, stalked glands 0.1 mm.

on both surfaces of numerous, sessile or short-stalked, stellate hairs 0.1–0.2 mm on costae, veins, and blade tissue;

rachises and costae sometimes with longer simple hairs to 0.8 mm abaxially.

= 144.

= 144.