Anemia mexicana Kl.

perennial fern among shaded boulders at base of steep cliff face in a 1/2 mile long, narrow, steep walled, dry, slot canyon cut in flat lying pale, blocky, limestone strata by a intermittent arroyo tributary of Fresnal Creek in remote Hells Half-acre. Note the diomorphic foliage with 2 smaller spike-like fertile pinnae rising above larger leafy sterile fronds. Superficially resembling and often mistaken for flowering inflorescences on this uncommon fern

perennial fern among shaded boulders at base of steep cliff face in a 1/2 mile long, narrow, steep walled, dry, slot canyon cut in flat lying pale, blocky, limestone strata by a intermittent arroyo tributary of Fresnal Creek in remote Hells Half-acre.

perennial fern among shaded boulders at base of steep cliff face in a 1/2 mile long, narrow, steep walled, dry, slot canyon cut in flat lying pale, blocky, limestone strata by a intermittent arroyo tributary of Fresnal Creek in remote Hells Half-acre.