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Adiantum tricholepis Fee

Fern; rhizomes short, creeping, or nearly erect, scaly; leaves alternate, pinnately compound; rachis pubescent; leaf segments more or less fan-shaped, often irregular, pubescent; sori marginal, with a false indusium.

Additional images:

• plant
• leaflets and sori, via dissecting microscope (herbarium specimen Hayden 4266)

Plants are boiled and the decoction used to treat respiratory ailments; also employed as an emenagogue (Morton 1981).