Plants in the Genus Pellaea

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Pellaea is a genus of about 80 species of deciduous or evergreen, terrestrial ferns found in sheltered locations in semi-desert refions in South Africa, South America, Canada, the United States and Australasia. Pinnate fronds emerge from erect rhizomes in spring and sori (spore cases) from around the segment margins.

Click on any of the 2 plants listed below in the genus Pellaea to read more about that plant, or go back to the genus a-z.

Pellaea atropurpurea (Purple-stem cliffbrake )
Pellaea rotundifolia (Button fern)