Delaware Wildflowers • Scientific names
Pellaea atropurpurea
Purple-stem Cliff-brakePteridaceae — Maidenhair-fern family
Native
![Pellaea atropurpurea](/images/pellaea_atropurpurea_1.jpg)
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Underside of a fertile frond showing rolled pinnule edges and sori.
AshlandJanuary 2016
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Photos copyright David G. Smith
Information from the Delaware Flora Checklist used with author's permission.