Myriopteris pringlei, known as Pringle's lip fern, is a small fern of Texas and Mexico. The leaf is three to four times divided into elliptical or long-triangular segments. The leaf axis is scaly, while the leaf surfaces bear a few whitish hairs or are free of them altogether. One of the cheilanthoid lip ferns, it was classified in the genus Cheilanthes as Cheilanthes pringlei until 2013, when the genus Myriopteris was again recognized as separate from Cheilanthes. It typically grows on igneous rock. It is named after Cyrus Pringle, who collected the type specimen.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Pringle's Lip Fern 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.
Easily confused with
- Myriopteris peninsularis
- Oeosporangium tinaei
- Myriopteris viscida
- Gaga kaulfussii
- Oeosporangium hispanicum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Polypodiopsida
- Order
- Polypodiales
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Genus
- Myriopteris
- Species
- Myriopteris pringlei
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