Myriopteris gracilis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Family: | Pteridaceae |
| Genus: | Myriopteris |
| Species: | M. gracilis
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| Myriopteris gracilis | |
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Myriopteris gracilis, formerly known as Cheilanthes feei, is a species of lip fern known by the common name slender lip fern. It is native to much of western North America from British Columbia and Alberta to northern Mexico, and throughout much of the central United States.
It is found in rocky areas, especially in calcareous rock like limestone where it grows in cracks and crevices.
Description[]
This fern bears gray to pale green leaves up to 18 or 20 centimeters long and 3 wide. Each leaflet on the leaf is divided into lobes which are divided once more into rounded segments. The undersides of the segments are concave and densely hairy. The sori line the edges of the segment undersides and may be buried under the hairs. The fern reproduces asexually by apogamy.
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- Myriopteris
- Ferns of California
- Ferns of the United States
- Flora of the California desert regions
- North American desert flora
- Flora of the Southwestern United States
- Flora of Missouri
- Flora of the West Coast of the United States
- Flora of the Western United States
- Flora of Northwestern Mexico
- Flora of Western Canada
- Plants described in 1857
- Taxa named by Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée
- Fern stubs