Astrolepis integerrima (Hooker) D.M. Benham & Windham. Southwestern Cloak Fern. Phen: Jun-Oct. Hab: On outcrops of calcareous rocks (such as Ketona dolostone in Bibb County, AL). Dist: TX, OK, NM, AZ, and NV south into Mexico; disjunct in c. AL (Bibb County); also disjunct in Hispaniola.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: This taxon is apparently an apogamous triploid derived from Astrolepis cochisensis (Goodding) D.M. Benham & Windham and an unknown taxon.
Synonymy ⓘ: = ETx1, FNA2, K3, K4, TxFerns; = Astrolepis ×integerrima – K1; = Cheilanthes integerrima (Hook.) Mickel; = Hemionitis integerrima (Hook.) Christenh. – Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng (2018); = Notholaena integerrima (Hook.) Hevly; = Notholaena sinuata (Lag. ex Sw.) Kaulf. var. integerrima Hook. – GrPl; = Pellaea species 1
Links to other floras: = Astrolepis integerrima - FNA2
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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