Myriopteris alabamensis, the Alabama lip fern, is a medium-sized fern of the southern United States and Mexico. The leaf is up to twice dissected into elliptical or long-triangular segments. Unlike many members of its genus, its leaves have only a few hairs on upper and lower surfaces, or lack them entirely. One of the cheilanthoid lip ferns, it was usually classified in the genus Cheilanthes as Cheilanthes alabamensis until 2013, when the genus Myriopteris was again recognized as separate from Cheilanthes. It typically grows in shade on limestone outcrops. It is named for the state of Alabama, where the type specimen was collected.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Alabama lipfern being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Polypodiopsida
- Order
- Polypodiales
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Genus
- Myriopteris
- Species
- Myriopteris alabamensis
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