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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

The species is sometimes separated into varieties (see synonymy). Our variety would be var. versicolor, but that combination has not been made in the genus Christella. Other varieties occur in the West Indies, in tropical New and Old World. Read more in Weakley's Flora (2023).

The boundary of native vs. adventive distribution is unclear, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

Learn more from Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

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INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thelypteris hispidula var. versicolor   FAMILY Thelypteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Cristella quadrangularis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Cyclosorus hispidulus

INCLUDING The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)

Thelypteris hispidula var. versicolor

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Thelypteris hispidula var. versicolor

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2 (1993)

Thelypteris hispidula var. versicolor

INCLUDING Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)

Thelypteris versicolor

INCLUDING -

Thelypteris quadrangularis var. versicolor

 

COMMON NAME:
Hairy Maiden Fern

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Christella hispidula   FAMILY Thelypteridaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Thelypteris hispidula var. versicolor   FAMILY Thelypteridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cristella quadrangularis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Cyclosorus hispidulus

INCLUDING The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas (Diggs & Lipscomb, 2014)
Thelypteris hispidula var. versicolor

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Thelypteris hispidula var. versicolor

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 2
Thelypteris hispidula var. versicolor

INCLUDING Ferns of the Southeastern States (Small, 1938)
Thelypteris versicolor

INCLUDING -
Thelypteris quadrangularis var. versicolor