Woodsia glabella R.Br.

Smooth woodsia (en)

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Woodsiaceae > Woodsia

Characteristics

Plants 5-10 cm tall. Rhizomes compact, ascending, scaly as stipe base; scales concolorous, brown, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 2-3 mm, membranous, margin entire. Fronds clustered; stipe brown-stramineous, slender, 1-2 cm, brittle, articulate below middle, glabrous or rarely with few brown, linear scales on apical portion; lamina 1-pinnate-pinnatifid, linear-lanceolate, 3-6 cm × 7-11 mm, thinly herbaceous, both surfaces glabrous or with occasional hairs, base attenuate, apex acuminate; rachis glabrous; pinnae 4-9 pairs, well separated, sessile, spreading; lower pinnae shorter than above, basal one flabellate; medial pinnae largest, deltoid-ovate, 3-5 × 2-5 mm, base truncate, margin pinnatifid, with 1-3 pairs of pinnules, apex obtuse; pinnules elliptic or tongue-shaped, proximal pairs largest, ca. 3 mm, undulate or apically crenulate. Veins pinnate, visible. Sori consisting of few sporangia, submarginal; indusia saucer-shaped, fimbriate, thinly membranous, brittle, usually fallen when mature. 2n = 78.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
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Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Images

Woodsia glabella unspecified picture

Distribution

Woodsia glabella world distribution map, present in Canada, China, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1122638-2
WFO ID wfo-0001109458
COL ID 5C38L
BDTFX ID 72999
INPN ID 130125
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Synonyms

Woodsia glabella

Lower taxons

Woodsia glabella subsp. asplenioides Woodsia glabella subsp. pinnatifida Woodsia glabella subsp. glabella