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Myriopteris fendleri
Myriopteris fendleri, known as Fendler's lip fern, is a small to medium-sized fern of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Its leaf is three times divided. One of the cheilanthoid lip ferns, it was usually classified in the genus Cheilanthes as Cheilanthes fendleri until 2013, when the genus Myriopteris was again recognized as separate from Cheilanthes. It grows on rocky ledges and slopes, often in pine forests. The species is presumably named for Augustus Fendler, who collected the type specimen.
M. fendleri can be relatively easily grown in rocky, subacid soil or well-drained garden soil. It tolerates moist to dry conditions and prefers full sunlight.
Myriopteris fendleri is native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. In the United States, it is found throughout Arizona east to western Texas and as far north as northern Colorado, with scattered populations in northern Texas and Oklahoma. In Mexico, it is present in Baja California Norte and Sonora, It has also been reported from Chihuahua.
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