Pellaea atropurpurea


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Noun1.Pellaea atropurpurea - very short shallowly creeping North American fern usually growing on cliffs or walls and having dark glossy leaf axes
cliff brake, cliff-brake, rock brake - any of several small lithophytic ferns of tropical and warm temperate regions
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MRE [Water-thread Pondweed] Pteridaceae Pellaea atropurpurea (L.) Link Ha,Ho,P,S [Purple Cliff-brake] Ranunculaceae Clematis terniflora DC.
Pellaea atropurpurea (L.) Link, Purple Cliff-brake.