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Physematium plummerae

Physematium plummerae
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0
Family
Woodsiaceae (Woodsi family)
Grows as
Fern

About

Physematium plummerae is a species of fern known by the common name Plummer's cliff fern. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in rocky habitat in deserts and other areas. It has leaves up to 25 centimeters long with flexible reddish or purplish rachises covered in glandular hairs. The blade is made up of several pairs of leaflets which are subdivided into multilobed or toothed small segments.

The species is named in honor of American botanist Sara Plummer Lemmon.

Other Physematium plants

Physematium · Physematium indusiosum · Physematium neomexicanum · Physematium obtusum · Physematium oreganum · Physematium scopulinum

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

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