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Cheilanthes adiantoides T.C.Chambers & P.A.Farrant

Reference
Telopea 4:532-533,Fig.5 (1991)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rhizomatous, perennial, herb or (fern), 0.05-0.25 m high, blade 2-3-pinnate at the base; sori continuous along margin; margin strongly inrolled. Sandy loam. Near granite outcrops, on damp banks, around bases of trees in soil over granite.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 15 October 1997

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Murchison, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Cape Range, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Cue, Dalwallinu, Exmouth, Greater Geraldton, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kellerberrin, Leonora, Menzies, Merredin, Moora, Morawa, Mount Marshall, Murchison, Narembeen, Northampton, Nungarin, Perenjori, Sandstone, Three Springs, Toodyay, Trayning, Upper Gascoyne, Victoria Plains, Westonia, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.