Pteris stenophylla Wall. ex Hook. & Grev.

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Pteridaceae > Pteridoideae > Pteris

Characteristics

Plants ca. 50 cm tall. Rhizome ascending, ca. 6 mm in diam. Fronds subdimorphic, clustered; stipe straw-colored, 30-35 cm × ca. 1.5 mm, glabrous; lamina digitate, pinnae 3-5, clustered at stipe apex, linear-lanceolate, up to 20 cm × 8-10 mm (sterile fronds wider than fertile fronds), base cuneate, margin entire and cartilaginous, apex long acuminate; lamina gray-green, papery when dried, glabrous; midvein straw-colored, convex adaxially; veins simple, rarely 2-forked.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Distribution

Pteris stenophylla world distribution map, present in China, India, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Nepal, and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17216710-1
WFO ID wfo-0001114939
COL ID 6WL8Q
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Synonyms

Pteris digitata Pteris cretica var. stenophylla Pteris pellucida var. stenophylla Pteris stenophylla