Astrolepis cochisensis (Goodding) Benham & Windham

This is a complicated species with a number of subspecies and some forms that probably remain unrecognized. On rocky slopes at low/mid elevations this species can be quite abundant.

Plant habit in lower Buehlman Canyon, east side of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Pima Co., Arizona, 31 Dec 2008.

Adaxial surface of pinnae in Kings Canyon, 20 Feb 2004.

Abaxial surface of pinnae in Kings Canyon, 20 Feb 2004.

Plant habit in Kings Canyon, 21 Feb 2010.

Plant habit, west side of Tortugas Mountain, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, 13 Mar 2010.

Plant habit in Kings Canyon in the Tucson Mountains, Pima Co., Arizona, 20 Feb 2004.