Cheilanthes feei
XEROPHYTIC FERN.  Triangular leaves with triangular leaflets.  Leaflet segments tiny, round, beadlike.  Leaves white-fuzzy on upper side, pale brown fuzzy below.  Smallest of the "bead ferns".  In the Empires, restricted to north-facing limestone outcrops in Davidson Canyon and another large wash. 
FAMILY:  Pteridaceae (True Ferns).