| cultivated in NY Botanical Garden propagation house, 2003. |
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Stellate hairs (actually highly reduced scales) on the adaxial (upper) surface of the blade give Astrolepis its name (Astro, star; lepis, scale).
| Copyright © 2001 by Robbin Moran
(contact: kcn2[at]cornell.edu)
[ref. DOL4476]
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