Latin name: Cheilanthes viscida Davenp.
  Pronunciation: ky-LAN-thees VIS-id-a

  Common name: Viscid lipfern
  Family: Pteridaceae (Brake)
  Habitat: Occasional in granite crevices and on limestone,
  creosote bush scrub to about 4000', desert and adjacent
  mountains

  Blooming period: ////////
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Cheilanthes
  2) viscida
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