Argyrochosma jonesii

Argyrochosma jonesii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Pteridaceae
Genus: Argyrochosma
Species: A. jonesii
Binomial name
Argyrochosma jonesii
(Maxon) Windham
Synonyms
  • Cheilanthes jonesii
  • Notholaena jonesii
  • Pellaea jonesii

Argyrochosma jonesii, with the common name is Jones' false cloak fern, is a species of fern native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.

It grows in cracks in calcareous ledges and slopes in and around the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts.

This fern produces leaves up to 15 centimeters long which are made up of leaflets subdivided into leathery, fleshy segments which are rounded to spade-shaped. Each sporangium contains 64 spores.

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