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§1 Plant

Cheilanthes gracillima D.C. Eaton

vernacular lace lipfern — species · Pteridaceae


USDA
CHGR
GBIF
8678309 syn.
Rank
species
lace lipfern (Cheilanthes gracillima)
Platephotograph · Ken-ichi UedaCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Fern
Family
Pteridaceae E.D.M. Kirchn.
Genus
Cheilanthes
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 94 counties across 6 states/territories
Legend Native · 94 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 94 counties across 6 states/territories.

California view state ↗ 33 N
Idaho view state ↗ 14 N
Nevada view state ↗ 3 N
Oregon view state ↗ 22 N
Utah view state ↗ 2 N
Washington view state ↗ 20 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/CHGR ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/8678309 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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