Cheilanthes fragrans, (L. fil.) Swartz

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 10

2. C. fragrans (L. fil.) Swartz , Syn. Fil. 127/325 excl. descr. et loc. (1806)

(C. pteridioides (Reichard) C. Chr., non C. pteroides Swartz , C. odora Swartz ).

Rhizome short, often branched to form small but dense tufts; apex with brown scales. Leaves 3-15 cm, smelling of coumarin, more or less erect, forming a crown; petiole as long as or slightly shorter than lamina, redbrown, shiny, with scattered scales; lamina 1 -3 cm wide, sub- triangular to linear-lanceolate, 2-pinnate for most of its length; lower pinnules pinnatifid with ultimate segments 1 -3 mm, oblong or suborbicular, crenate; lamina with sessile glands, glabrous and eglandular beneath, or with few scattered scales when young. Indusium glandular, with fimbriate margin; spores c.

spherical, finely papillose. Dry, rocky places. S. Europe. Al Az BI Co Cr Ga Gr Hs It Ju Lu Sa Si.