Myriopteris clevelandii

Myriopteris clevelandii
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Polypodiales
Family:	Pteridaceae
Genus:	Myriopteris
Species:	M. clevelandii
Binomial name
Myriopteris clevelandii (D.C.Eaton) Grusz & Windham
Synonyms
Allosorus myriophyllus var. clevelandii (D.C.Eaton) Farw. Cheilanthes clevelandii D.C.Eaton Hemionitis clevelandii (D.C.Eaton) Christenh.

Myriopteris clevelandii, formerly known as Cheilanthes clevelandii, is a species of lip fern known by the common name Cleveland's lip fern. It is native to southern California and Baja California in Mexico. The leaf is divided into small, bead-like segments densely covered with scales beneath. In M. clevelandii, some of these scales are reduced to hairlike structures, which help distinguish it from the closely related M. covillei. It is usually found growing on exposed rock, particularly igneous rock.