Cheilanthes acrostica (Balbis) Tod.

Spice Detail In the field

Family: SINOPTERIDACEAE

Genus: Cheilanthes

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Ibiza. Formentera. Dragonera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Rock crevices and cliff faces. Rocky surfaces and dry stone walls. Rock creviceses.

Characteristics: This fern lives in quite hot places without reaching the extremes of Consentinea vellea, but which it can coincide with. It can be recognised because the leaves are divided into small, oval pinnules with a very dark green top; on the underside it may have hair and scales.