Pellaea mucronataD.C.Eaton

bird's foot cliffbrake

WFO wfo-0001109215 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Pellaea mucronata, photographed by Millie Basden
fig. a Millie Basden, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-01 / obs. 193362259
Pellaea mucronata, photographed by James C. Davis
fig. b James C. Davis, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 192680191
Pellaea mucronata, photographed by James C. Davis
fig. c James C. Davis, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 192679991
Pellaea mucronata, photographed by Ken-ichi Ueda
fig. d Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190238426
Pellaea mucronata, photographed by joergmlpts
fig. e joergmlpts, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 191413471
Pellaea mucronata, photographed by Ken-ichi Ueda
fig. f Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 193489403
Pellaea mucronata, photographed by James C. Davis
fig. g James C. Davis, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 192681275
Pellaea mucronata, photographed by Steve Woodward
fig. h Steve Woodward, CC0 1.0 / obs. 190404687

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Also published as 20 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Allosorus mucronatus D.C.Eaton
  • Allosorus ornithopus Kuntze
  • Cassebeera ternifolia var. longimucronata Farw.
  • Cassebeera ternifolia var. mucronata Farw.
  • Cassebeera ternifolia var. ornithopus Farw.
  • Cassebeera ternifolia var. stipitata Farw.
  • Cheilanthes horridula f. compacta (Clute) M.Broun
  • Cheilanthes mucronata T.Moore
  • Cheilanthes ornithopus T.Moore
  • Hemionitis mucronata (D.C.Eaton) Christenh.
  • Pellaea aspera f. compacta Clute
  • Pellaea compacta Maxon
  • Pellaea longimucronata Hook.
  • Pellaea longimucronata var. minor Hook.
  • Pellaea mucronata f. stipitata (Farw.) M.Broun
  • Pellaea mucronata var. californica (Lemmon) Munz & Johnst.
  • Pellaea ornithopus Hook.
  • Pellaea wrightiana var. californica Lemmon
  • Pellaea wrightiana var. compacta Davenp.
  • Pellaea wrightiana var. longimucronata (Hook.) Davenp.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.