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Cheilanthes viscida |
Cheilanthes viscida is a species of lip fern known by the common names viscid lip fern and viscid lace fern. It is native to southern California, where it is an uncommon member of the flora in rocky areas in the region where the coastal mountains meet the deserts. Its distribution extends into Baja California.
This fern produces frilly leaves up to about 30 centimeters long, each divided into segments which are subdivided, the ultimate segments just a few millimeters long and widely lance-shaped to oblong. The leaf segments bear resin glands which exude a very sticky, clear fluid. The leaves are also somewhat hairy. The leaf segments have curled edges along which are located the sori with their brown sporangia.