Myriopteris gracilis Calflora

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Taxon Report

Myriopteris gracilis Fée

Slender lip fern

2008 Steve Matson

2020 David Greenberger

2022 Kyle Suchy

Matt Berger

Myriopteris gracilis is a fern that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.

also called Cheilanthes feei


	Plant Range Observation Search ~123 records in California Plant Characteristics

Photos on Calflora


Genus:	Myriopteris
Family:	Pteridaceae
Category:	fern
PLANTS group:	Fern
Jepson eFlora section: fern

Communities: Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Joshua Tree Woodland

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF

Alternate Names:


JEF	Cheilanthes feei
POWO	Hemionitis feei

Information about Myriopteris gracilis from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 05/16/2025).