Adiantum pedatumL. [family PTERIDACEAE ] Adiantum pubescensSchkuhr [family PTERIDACEAE ] Adiantum hispidulum(Schkuhr) Large & Braggins [family ADIANTACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Jacques Florence,
Related name
Adiantum lindsaea
Adiantum pubescens
Adiantum hispidulum
Adiantum whitei
Adiantum lobulatum
Adiantum pedatum
Common name
Rosy maidenhair, Flora of North America Vol. 2
Flora
Entry for Adiantum hispidulum Swartz [family ADIANTACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 2,
Names
Adiantum hispidulumSwartz [family ADIANTACEAE], J. Bot. (Schrader), 1800(2): 82. 1801
Treatment Author(s)
Cathy A. Paris
Information
Stems short-creeping; scales dark reddish brown, concolored, margins entire. Leaves arching, clustered, 20--37 cm. Petiole 1--2 mm diam., adaxially hispid, not glaucous. Blade lanceolate, pinnate or occasionally pseudopedate, 1-pinnate distally, 12--18 × 6.5--8 cm; proximal pinnae 1--4-pinnate; indument of light-colored, sparse, multicellular hairs; rachis straight, densely hispid, not glaucous. Segment stalks 0.2--0.3 mm, dark color generally entering into segment base. Ultimate segments oblong to long-triangular, ca. 2 times as long as broad, progressively reduced toward apex of penultimate divisions; basiscopic margin oblique; acroscopic margin of fertile segments crenulate, sterile segments sharply denticulate; apex obtuse or acute. False indusia ± round, 0.6--0.9 mm diam., covered with reddish brown, stiff, needlelike bristles. Spores mostly 40--60 µm diam.
Phenology
Sporulating summer--fall
Altitude range
0--100 m
Distribution
Asia in s Indiae AfricaPacific Islands.USA Conn.USA Ga.
Discussion
Adiantum hispidulum is represented by sporadic escapes from cultivation in the flora, possibly naturalized locally. It also has been reported from Florida and Louisiana.
