Delaware Wildflowers • Scientific names
Deparia acrostichoides
(Athyrium thelypterioides)
Silvery False SpleenwortWoodsiaceae — Lady fern family
Native
![Deparia acrostichoides](/images/110911_122758.jpg)
![Deparia acrostichoides](/images/110911_125815.jpg)
Sterile frond
![Deparia acrostichoides](/images/110911_123047.jpg)
Fertile frond
![Deparia acrostichoides](/images/110911_124057.jpg)
Underside of three fertile pinnae
White Clay Creek State Park -- Thompson Station RoadSeptember 2011
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Two pinna segments, eight sori on each.
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A single sorus, about 1.5mm long. The cluster of sprangia is partly covered by the indusium.
September 2011
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Sterile frond
Middle Run Valley Natural AreaMay 2012
![Deparia acrostichoides](/images/deparia_acrostichoides_8.jpg)
Fertile frond lit from behind, showing shadows of the sori.
Middle Run Valley Natural AreaSeptember 2014
![Deparia acrostichoides](/images/deparia_acrostichoides_9.jpg)
Flint Woods
April 2017
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Photos copyright David G. Smith
Information from the Delaware Flora Checklist used with author's permission.