Pteridaceae
Powdery false cloak fern
Argyrochosma dealbata
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Genus
- Argyrochosma
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Powdery false cloak fern
Synonyms
- Cheilanthes dealbata Pursh
- Cincinalis dealbata Fée
- Gymnogramma dealbata (Pursh) Nutt. ex Mett.
- Hemionitis artax Christenh.
- Notholaena dealbata Kunze
- Notholaena nivea var. dealbata (Pursh) Davenp.
- Notholaena pulchella Kunze
- Pellaea dealbata (Pursh) Prantl
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.