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bird's foot cliffbrake
Pellaea mucronata
Pellaea mucronata is a species of fern known by the common name bird's foot cliffbrake.
It is native to much of California, and parts of Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, and Baja California, where it grows in various types of rocky habitat. The subspecies californica is limited to California, while ssp. mucronata can be found outside that state's borders.
From the article Pellaea mucronata on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
In medicine
The thin coating of waxy material on the leaves is probably composed of terpenoids. Traces of galangin are also present.
Wikipedia: “Phytochemistry”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 57236.