purple-stem cliffbrake
Pellaea atropurpurea
Summary 2
Pellaea atropurpurea, commonly known as purple-stem cliffbrake or just purple cliffbrake, is a fern native to North and Central America. Brake is an old word for fern, related to the word bracken. Like many other members of the Pteridaceae, it is a rock plant, needing a calcareous substrate.
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- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pellaea_atropurpurea
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- Go Botany
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- Maryland Biodiversity Project
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- Ontario Ferns
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- VASCAN by Canadensys
- World Flora Online
iNat Map
| Growth form | lax |
|---|---|
| Separate fertile frond? | no |
| Frond division | twice/pinnule |
| Frond shape | broadest at base |
| Indusium present? | no |
| Pinna/pinnule margins | smooth/entire |
| Pinnae arrangement | opposite |
| Soral arrangement | marginal |
| Sorus shape | other |
| Stipe/rachis features | hairy |
