Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Pellaea ovata
Pellaea ovata (Desv.) Weath.
Ovateleaf Cliffbrake, Ovate-leaf Cliffbrake
Pteridaceae (Maidenhair Fern Family)
USDA Symbol: PEOVUSDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Pellaea ovata
Cliffbrake
Polypodiaceae
Location: Medina River Ranch, Gate 10, 400 m south of Knox Miller house.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Semi-shade. Limestone hill. Some damp seeps nearby.
Description: Slender, pale brown, fractiflex rachi. Ultimate segments not mucronate. Blades deltoid/truncate. Sori intermarginal in a line under reflexed margins of segments.
County: Medina
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Jun 6, 1992
Specimen number: 441
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0650
Accession Date: Feb 22, 1994
Accession Number: 48
Annotations: SXFX