Myriopteris intertexta
species of plant
Myriopteris intertexta, formerly Cheilanthes intertexta, is a species of lip fern known by the common name coastal lip fern. It is native to montane California and western Nevada, Oregon east of the Cascades, and with a disjunct population in central Utah. It grows in dry rocky habitats in sun, typically in rock cracks with little or no soil.
Description
Morphology
Leaf bases are closely spaced along the rhizome, which is typically 3 to 7 millimeters (0.1 to 0.3 in) in diameter. It is covered with persistent linear-lanceolate scales, which are straight or slightly twisted, and tightly appressed (pressed against the surface of the rhizome). They have a dark central stripe, black to red-brown in color, with a narrow, pale brown band at the edges. The scale margins are erose (ragged).
The fronds spring up in clusters; they do not unfold as fiddleheads like typical ferns (noncircinate vernation). Leaf tips are hooked when young. When mature, they are 4 to 25 centimeters (2 to 10 in) long and 1.5 to 3 centimeters (0.6 to 1 in) wide.
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