Cheilanthes wrightii Hook.
Descripción
Rhizomes short- to long-creeping, horizontal, 1 mm diam.; rhizome scales lanceolate, concolorous dull orange-tan, 1–2 mm long, entire; fronds 8–22 cm long, approximate to spaced; stipes 1⁄2 the frond length, castaneous, lustrous, grooved, with scattered to sparse whitish hairs and linear scales to 1.5 mm long; blades narrowly oblong to lanceolate, bipinnate-pinnatifid to tripinnate; pinnae 5–8 pairs, equilateral; adaxial and abaxial surfaces glabrous; laminar margins curved, but not differentiated; spores brown; 2n=60 (USA).A
Forma de vida
Rupícola, TerrestreA
Ejemplar revisado
BCS (Carter 2016, DS, MEXU, UC; Jones 27016, UC). Chih (Knobloch 145, MEXU; Pringle 445, NY). Coah (Johnston et al. 11974, NY; Wynd & Mueller 472, NY). Dgo (Maysilles 8302, MICH). Son (Gentry et al. 19329, NY; Lloyd 498, NY, UC; White 4047, MICH).A
Elevación
925 – 1800 mA
Ecología y Hábitat
Igneous rocks, alkaline rocks, on and at base of rocks, oak grassland, limestone ledges, grassy rocky hillsides.A
Tipo de vegetación
Bosque de encinoA
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaB
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaC
Discusión taxonómica
Cheilanthes wrightii is distinct by its small size, grooved stipes, and nearly glabrous blades.A