Purple Cliffbrake
| Scientific Name: | Pellaea atropurpurea |
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NOTES: Native to North and Central America. Grows from crevices in exposed and weather-beaten limestone cliffs. Evergreen.
| Scientific Name: | Pellaea atropurpurea |
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| Genus species: | Pellaea atropurpurea |
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| Common Name: | Purple Cliffbrake |
| Family Name: | Pteridaceae 
Rhizome scaly; leaves 2-4 pinnate, the petiole with 1-several vascular bundles; rachis and costae dark brown and wiry; sporangia marginal in continuous or interrupted lines around edges of pinnules; covered by a false indusium; sporangia with annulus complete. |
| Seed Type: | Gymnosperm |
| Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods. * Definitions based on the USDA terminology |
Native |
| Category: | Fern |
| Identified by: | M. Becus |
