Pteridaceae
Coffee cliffbrake
Pellaea andromedifolia
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Genus
- Pellaea
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Coffee cliffbrake
Synonyms
- Allosorus andromedifolius Kaulf. ex Kuntze
- Cassebeera andromedifolia (Kaulf.) Farw.
- Cassebeera andromedifolia var. gracilis Farw.
- Cassebeera andromedifolia var. pubescens (D.C.Eaton) Farw.
- Cassebeera andromedifolia var. rubens Farw.
- Hemionitis andromedifolia (Kaulf.) Christenh.
- Notholaena andromedifolia (Kaulf.) Keyserl.
- Pellaea andromedifolia f. gracilis (R.W.Summers) M.Broun
- Pellaea andromedifolia f. pubescens (D.C.Eaton) M.Broun
- Pellaea andromedifolia var. gracilis R.W.Summers ex Farw.
- Pellaea andromedifolia var. pubescens D.C.Eaton
- Pellaea andromedifolia var. rubens D.C.Eaton
- Pellaea rafaelensis Moxley
- Platyloma andromedifolium J.Sm.
- Pteris andromedifolia Kaulf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sandy Rae, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, 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.