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Electronic Flora of South Australia species Fact Sheet

Family: Blechnaceae
Blechnum chambersii

Citation: Tind. in N. Beadle, O. Evans & Carolin, Fl. Sydney Reg. 86 (1972).

Synonymy: Stegania lanceolata R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 152 (1810); B. lanceolatum (R. Br.)J.W. Sturm, Enum. Pl. Cr. Chil. 25 (1858), non B. lanceolatum Raddi (1819); B. aggregatum sensu H. Eichler, Suppl. 28 (1965), non (Colenso)Tind. , Austroblechnum lanceolatum

Common name: Lance waterfern.

Description:
Frond tufted, deep-green, flaccid, glabrous; pinnae alternate or subopposite, attached to the rhachis by a broad base; fertile fronds erect, delicate, the rhachis stramineous.

Distribution:  Very rare in the State and known only from limestone caves near the Vic. border.

S.Aust.: SE.   Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas.   New Zealand.

Conservation status: native

Flowering time: No flowering time is available


SA Distribution Map based
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