English: Lip fern.
Region: Mexico; from southwestern Canada south to southern Chile, southern Africa.
Habitat: dry.
BotanyFerns.
Leaves: divided into a large number of small, bead-like segments; hairs and or scales are often present on upper and lower surfaces; lack of enlarged vein endings.
Sporangia: bear 64 spores when sexual and 32 when apomictic per sporangium.
Reproduction: both sexually and apogamously.
Spores: with crests or wrinkles.