Plant Details

Scientific Name: Cheilanthes distans
  • Common Name: bristle cloak fern
  • Type: Fern, small tufted
  • Family: SINOPTERIDACEAE
  • Size: to 15 cm
  • Flowers: Ferns do not have flowers or Fruit but produce spores on the backs of their Leaves throughout the year.
  • Vegetation Type: Montane
  • Species List: Upper Mt. Tinbeerwah, Batianoff 87, Emu Mountain,

Identification Notes

Fronds white hairy above, golden brown scales below

  • Cheilanthes distans
  • Cheilanthes distans
  • Cheilanthes distans
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