Cheilanthes lanosa (Hairy lip fern)

Cheilanthes lanosa (Michx.) D.C. Eaton

Hairy lip fern

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Pteridophyta	Ferns
Class	Filicopsida	“Leptosporangiate” (has to do with how their spores form) ferns—includes most ferns
Order	Polypodiales	Polypod ferns
Family	Pteridaceae	Ferns that grow on rocks (mostly)
Genus	Cheilanthes	From the Greek cheilos, “a lip,” and anthos, “flower,” in reference to the form of the membranous covering (indusium) of the spore-bearing parts
Species	lanosa	Woolly

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Cheilanthes vestita (Spreng.) Sw.

Cheilanthes lanosa description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.

6/15/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts
≈ 16 × 12" (41 × 29 cm)

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