University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin State Herbarium (WIS:Pteridophyte)
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Jamesonia canescens Kunze
Pteridaceae
Starker White; W.S. Alverson
517
1977-05-21
May 21, 1977
Colombia, Magdalena, Area near small lake, which is source of Río Donachui
10.8 -73.65
73°39'W, 10°48'N
4500 meters
4500 m.
Fern, growing in wet, mucky area, unprotected, along lakeshore. Sparse vegetation within a Tundra Pluvial Alpine zone
500-1000mm/year rainfall; Club-like pinna very wooly with pinnules directly off rachis. These "cups", all in rows, are green inside, brown out-side and covered with a dense mat of brown hairs.