Pteridaceae
Southwestern false cloak fern
Argyrochosma limitanea
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Genus
- Argyrochosma
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Southwestern false cloak fern
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
LeavesPhoto: Steve Taylor, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cecelia Alexander, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cecelia Alexander, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kenzie Anderson-Bell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alina Martin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alina Martin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alina Martin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Anders Hastings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification 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.