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Cheilanthes hastata

Cheilanthes hastata
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  • Asplenium cordatum
  • Blechnum attenuatum
  • Blechnum australe
  • Blechnum capense
  • Blechnum capense in enough shade and moisture
  • Blechnum tabulare
  • Blechnum tabulare fronds
  • Blechnum tabulare mature fronds
  • Cheilanthes hastata
  • Cheilanthes hastata young fronds
  • Cheilanthes hirta
  • Cheilanthes hirta lush in a moist setting
  • Cheilanthes hirta on rocks
  • Elaphoglossum acrostichoides
  • Fern leaf
  • Ferns in habitat
  • Gleichenia polypodioides

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Cheilanthes hastata, commonly the spear lipfern, is a small, evergreen or winter-growing fern reaching heights around 20 cm. The plants grow from rhizomes.

The species distribution is widespread in the Western Cape, in the west of the Northern Cape and the southwest of Namibia. The photo was taken in the Kammanassie in the Little Karoo.

The habitat is rocky, secluded places, the plants often hiding under bushes such as in renosterveld where they survive drought and respond to moisture promptly. The species is not considered to be threatened in its habitat early in the twenty first century (Curtis-Scott, et al, 2020; iNaturalist; Wikipedia; http://redlist.sanbi.org).

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Thabo Maphisa
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Ivan Latti
 
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