Family: Aspleniaceae
Plant: A small fern with a delicate trailing habit.
Fronds: Pinnate to 20cm long with soft, thin, fan-shaped segments in pairs along a green rachis decreasing in length toward the apex.
Sori: Pinnately arranged or radiating 2-5mm long with a few per segment.
Rhizome: Short, erect and covered with dark brown lanceolate scales.
Habitat: Wet sclerophyll forest and rainforest in rock crevices and pockets, sometimesepiphytic.
Features: Delicate necklace-like fronds, rooting at the tips. Short, scaly rhizome.
Name:
Asplenium From Greek = spleen (referring its ancient use as a remedy for diseases of the spleen – thus its old common name Spleenwort).
flabellifolium From Latin flabellum = a small hand fan and folium = leaf (referring to its fan-shaped leaves).
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Type |
Fern |
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Trunk |
No trunk |
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Fronds |
Form |
Simple |
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Length (Total) |
Medium |
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Other Features |
Glossy |
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Sori |
Arrangement |
In rows, Near margins |
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Rhizome |
Type |
- |
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Other Features |
Scaly |
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Habitat |
Rainforest, Wet sclerophyll forest |
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