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Wooton's Lace Fern

Myriopteris wootonii

Wooton's Lace Fern
Photo: Patrick Alexander, CC0
Family
Pteridaceae (Maidenhair fern family)
Grows as
Fern

About

Myriopteris wootonii, formerly known as Cheilanthes wootonii, is a species of fern in the Pteridaceae family (subfamily Cheilanthoideae) with the common name Wooton's lace fern.

Where it grows

Myriopteris wootonii is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It grows in sun on rocky outcrops in mountains at 1600 to 1800 meters elevation.

Other Myriopteris plants

Lip Fern · Texas Lipfern · Alabama Lipfern · Myriopteris allosuroides · Golden Lipfern · Myriopteris chipinquensis · Myriopteris cinnamomea · Cleveland's Lipfern · Cooper's Lip Fern · Myriopteris covillei · Myriopteris cucullans · Fendler's Lip Fern

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Myriopteris wootonii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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