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Definition of Pellaea ornithopus
1. Noun. Cliff brake of California and Baja California having purple-brown leafstalks.
Generic synonyms: Cliff Brake, Cliff-brake, Rock Brake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pellaea Ornithopus
Literary usage of Pellaea ornithopus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (1915)
"Among the stones scattered over the surface grew Pellaea ornithopus, Cheilanthes
Fendleri and a small Dudleya. Along the main drainage wash, now dry, ..."
2. Report Upon United States Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth by George Montague Wheeler, Andrew Atkinson Humphreys, Horatio Gouverneur Wright (1878)
"Pellaea ornithopus, Hooker. Rootstock and stalks as in the last species, though
often stouter ; fronds very rigid, a few inches to a foot long, ..."
3. Botanisches Zentralblatt: Referierendes Organ für das Gesamtgebiet der Botanik by Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, Botanischer Verein in München, Botaniska sällskapet, Stockholm, Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, Berlin (1905)
"Pellaea ornithopus. (Fern Bull. XII. p. 113—114.) — 104.) [O. cinnamomea was
found with well-developed fertile fronds, September 25, 1904, near Mobile, ..."
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