Myriopteris gracillima D.C. Eaton

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  California

• County/Municipio

  El Dorado Co.

• Locality

  East-northeast of Kyburz below Cup Lake near head of Tamarack Creek ca. 1.30 kilometers south-southwest of the summit (9235) of Ralston Peak.

• Elevation

  Alt. 2426 m. (7959 ft.)

• Coordinates

  38.8225, -120.109

• Distribution

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PLANTS OF CALIFORNIA, U.S.A.
Cheilanthes gracillima D.C. Eaton
EL DORADO CO.: ENE of Kyburz below Cup Lake near head of
Tamarack Creek ca. 1.30 km SSW of the summit (9235) of
Ralston Peak. T11N, R17E, Sec. 9. Lat.: 38°49,21,,N Long.:
^OOS’Sr'W (WGS84 Datum). Elev. 7960 ft.
Crevices and ledges of SE-facing granite outcrop with Quercus,
Arctostaphylos & Ceanothus. Plants perennial from closely-
branched, short-creeping rhizomes; leaves predominantly 2-
pinnate, with non-circinate vernation; rachises rounded adaxially;
costae with multiseriate scales, costal scales + linear, the body ca.
0.2 mm wide, long ciliate at base; ultimate segments to 3 mm
long, tomentose abaxially, with scattered branched hairs adaxially.
M.D. Windham (2580)	18 June 2002
Sinopteridaceae
Garrett Herbarium, Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, LIT
03494152