Scientific Name
Pellaea andromedifolia (Kaulfuss) Fée
Family
Pteridaceae
General
Native to California and Baja California.
CI
Relatively common on north facing slopes. Active from shortly after first rains (October/November) through mid to late May.
References
See this species on CalFlora.
The Jepson Manual (2012: 130, Pteridaceae, Ruth E.B. Kirkpatric, Alan R. Smith and Thomas Lemieux).
McAuley (1996: 372).
Pellaea andromedifolia on hillside to the south of University Glen, CI (5 March 2013).
Pellaea andromedifolia on hillside to the south of University Glenk CI, detail of frond (7 March 2013).
Pellaea andromedifolia on hillside above Camarillo Park entrance area, CI, note bed of the liverwort Asterella californica beneath the fern (5 February 2013).
Pellaea andromedifolia on hillside to the south of University Glen, CI (1 February 2013).
Pellaea andromedifolia on hillside above Camarillo Park entrance area, CI (5 February 2013).
Pellaea andromedifolia on hillside to the south of University Glen, CI (29 January 2013).
Pellaea andromedifolia on hillside to the south of University Glen, CI (7 February 2013).
Pellaea andromedifolia young shoot on north side of hill above (south) of Malibu Hall, CI camps (27 February 2014).
Pellaea andromedifolia on steep slope to east of Camarillo Street, north of CI campus. Not the clearest photograph, but it shows how the edges of the fronds curl around the edges concealing the sori (20 March 2016).