Cheilanthes feei (Slender Lip Fern)
Found in Semi-desert, foothills, montane. Rocks. Spring.
Cheilanthes feei has small leaf blades from one-to-five inches long and one-half-to-two inches wide. These triangular leaves are divided into leaflets and these leaflets are divided again with the ultimate segments bulbous. The rhizomes produce numerous leaves thus making the plant easy to notice. The leaves are densely hairy. New leaves are light green; older leaves are dark green with some leaflets drying and dying red.
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