Woolly Lipfern — Cheilanthes tomentosa Link

Woolly Lipfern (Cheilanthes tomentosa)

Woolly Lipfern is an rare to occasional fern of rock outcrops in the Mountain and Piedmont of North Carolina.

Madison Co., NC 5/11/2008.

Woolly Lipfern (Cheilanthes tomentosa)

Morrow Mountain State Park, Stanly Co., NC 4/17/2011.

Woolly Lipfern (Cheilanthes tomentosa)

Underside detail.

Morrow Mountain State Park, Stanly Co., NC 4/17/2011.

Woolly Lipfern (Cheilanthes tomentosa)

Morrow Mountain State Park, Stanly Co., NC 4/17/2011.

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