Family: Adiantaceae
Plant: A fern up to 50cm high and growing in clumps.
Fronds: Numerous erect or semi-erect pale to dark green fronds 15-50cm long with tiny white hairs. The fronds are pinnate with a stout black stem.
Sori: In groups of 6-14 arranged in deep notches on outer margins of frond lobes.
Rhizome: Short, creeping, much-branched and deeply buried.
Habitat: Shady areas in rainforest margins and wet sclerophyll forest – often found in rock crevices.
Features: Sori arrangement. Young growth a delicate pink.
Name:
Adiantum From Greek = not too wet.
hispidulum From Latin hispidus = rough or bristly plus the diminutive ulus (referring to its finely hairy fronds).
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Fern |
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Trunk |
No trunk |
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Fronds |
Form |
Compound |
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Length (Total) |
Medium, Long |
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Other Features |
Hairy |
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Sori |
Arrangement |
Near margins |
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Rhizome |
Type |
Creeping, Underground |
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Other Features |
- |
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Habitat |
Rainforest, Wet sclerophyll forest |
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