E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of BC

Pellaea glabella subsp. simplex Mett. ex Kuhn (Butters) Á. Löve & D. Löve
simple cliff-brake (smooth cliffbrake)
Pteridaceae (Maidenhair Fern family)

Introduction to Vascular Plants

General:
Evergreen perennial in small clusters from a short, stout rhizome.

Leaves:
Sterile leaves the same as fertile leaves, oblong or triangular in their outline, 5-35 cm long, 2-7 cm wide, 2-pinnate towards the base, 1-pinnate in the upper part; segments leathery, smooth, with recurved margins.

Notes:
According to the recent treatment of Pellaea by Windham (1993a,b), British Columbia plants of "P. atropurpurea" are treated either as P. gastonyi or P. glabella ssp. simplex.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.

Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Scientific Name	Origin Status	Provincial Status	BC List (Red Blue List)	COSEWIC
Pellaea glabella ssp. occidentalis	Native	S2?	Red	Not Listed
Pellaea glabella ssp. simplex	Native	S4S5	Yellow	Not Listed

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