Osmunda cinnamomeaL. [family OSMUNDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Osmunda cinnamomeaL. [family OSMUNDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
Osmunda cinnamomea
Osmunda sp.
Osmunda imbricata
Common name
osmonde cannelle, Flora of North America Vol. 2
Cinnamon fern, Flora of North America Vol. 2
Flora
Entry for Osmunda cinnamomea Linnaeus [family OSMUNDACEAE]
Osmunda cinnamomea var. glandulosa Waters [family OSMUNDACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
R. David Whetstone
T. A. Atkinson
Information
Leaves pinnate-pinnatifid; petioles slightly shorter than blades, not winged, with light brown hairs when young, glabrate with age. Sterile leaves ovate to lanceolate, ca. 0.3--1.5 m; pinnae broadly oblong with persistent tuft of hairs on abaxial surface at base; ultimate segments with base obtuse, margins entire, apex usually mucronate. Fertile leaves with no expanded pinnae, green, becoming brownish, shorter and narrower than sterile leaves, withering after sporulation. Sporangia brown. 2 n =44.
Phenology
Sporulation spring--early summer (late summer, early winter in Florida)