The Drawings by Walter Fitch William Jackson Hooker. CHEILANTHES MULTIFIDA , Sw . Many - branched Cheilanthes . CHEILANTHES multifida ; caudex short , thick , slightly creeping , clothed with black subulate scales ; roots tufted ...
... Cheilanthes. contracta. contracta = compressed, narrowed or contracted; alluding to the habit of the pinnae to curl in on themselves during dry spells A ... Cheilanthes multifida subsp. multifida multifidus = much divided; referring to.