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Cheilanthes brownii (Kuhn) Domin

Reference
Biblioth.Bot. 85:133, Fig.26 (1913)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rhizomatous, perennial, herb or (fern), 0.04-0.35 m high, blade 2(-3)-pinnate at the base, densely woolly-hairy; sori continuous along margin. Fl. Jan to Aug. Red sandy loam, yellow sand, brown clay. Rock crevices, amongst rocks, shallow soil near seepage areas.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 15 October 1997

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Berkeley, Carnegie, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Rudall, Southern Cross, South Kimberley Interzone, Tallering, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Western Murchison.
IMCRA Regions
Kimberley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Cue, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Murchison, Perenjori, Port Hedland, Sandstone, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley, Yalgoo.