Anemia mexicana

Anemia mexicana, the Mexican flowering fern, is a fern species in the genus Anemia, sometimes called flowering ferns. It is native to much of Mexico and the Edwards Plateau and Trans-Pecos regions of Texas. The "flowers" are upright fertile fronds that can be mistaken for true flowers.

Description

The fronds of Anemia mexicana arise at intervals from a horizontal rhizome about in diameter, covered with stiff, dark brown hairs. The fronds are upright and are, in total, long, occasionally as short as. About half of that length is the stipe, which is about, hairless, and straw-colored.