Latin name: Pellaea mucronata (D. Eaton) D. Eaton
  var. californica (Lemmon) Munz & I.M. Johnston
  Pronunciation: pel-EE-a moo-kro-NAY-ta ka-li-
  FOR-ni-ca

  Common name: California cliff brake
  Family: Pteridaceae (Brake)
  Habitat: Montane coniferous forest, mostly above
  6000', Transverse and Peninsular Ranges, desert
  mountains

  Blooming period: /////////
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Pellaea
  2) mucronata
 3) californica
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