Status: Native
Synonyms:
None
Cheilanthes yavapensis is difficult to distinguish from the very similar Cheilanthes wootonii. Both
have ciliate scales on the back (abaxial) side, although the cilia are distribute along the entire length
of the scales on Cheilanthes yavapensis rather than more near the base as on C. wootonii. The ultimate
segments of C. yavapensis are round or beadlike. The adaxial (top) surface of C. wootonii is glabrous with
only a few cilia showing through from the other side, whereas it is sparsely pubescent in Cheilanthes yavapensis. Cheilanthes
yavapensis is an apogamous tetraploid-- meaning that it reproduces by asexual budding and has four sets of chromosomes.
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Cheilanthes yavapensis, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger, Sarah Johnson & Kevin Keith, one mile SW of the GNF border near the Apache Box, April 24, 2009
Cheilanthes yavapensis, closeup, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger, Sarah Johnson & Kevin Keith, one mile SW of the GNF border near the Apache Box, April 24, 2009
Cheilanthes yavapensis, 2x macro of sparsely pubescent adaxial surface, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger, Sarah Johnson & Kevin Keith, one mile SW of the GNF border near the Apache Box, April 24, 2009
Cheilanthes yavapensis, 2x macro of ciliate scales on abaxial surface, photo Russ Kleinman, Richard Felger, Sarah Johnson & Kevin Keith, one mile SW of the GNF border near the Apache Box, April 24, 2009
Cheilanthes yavapensis, growth habit, photo Russ Kleinman, Gene Jercinovic & Patrick Alexander, Black Range, North Percha Creek, Aug. 22, 2009
Cheilanthes yavapensis, macro of adaxial leaf surface, photo Russ Kleinman, Gene Jercinovic & Patrick Alexander, Black Range, North Percha Creek, Aug. 22, 2009
Cheilanthes yavapensis, macro of abaxial leaf surface, photo Russ Kleinman, Gene Jercinovic & Patrick Alexander, Black Range, North Percha Creek, Aug. 22, 2009
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