Citation: Mett. ex Luerssen, Verst. Heimatl. Fl. 292 (1876).

Synonymy: Onoclea nuda Labill., Nov. Holl. Pl. Sp. 2:96, t. 216 (1807); B. discolor sensu J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 37 (1943), partly, non (Forster f.)Keys. , Lomaria nudum

Common name: Fishbone water-fern.

Description:
Rhizome short, erect or forming a short trunk; fronds erect or spreading; stipe a dark purplish black, scaly near the base; lamina rigid; undersurface much lighter in colour; often glaucous; pinnae attached by broad bases; margins entire; lowermost pinnae obtuse; middle and upper acute; fertile pinnae very firm.

Image source: pl. 1 in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Published illustration: Cochrane et al. (1980) Flowers and plants of Victoria and Tasmania, fig. 403.

Distribution:  Occasional along stream banks in valleys. S.Aust.: SL, KI.   Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. Conservation status: native Flowering time: No flowering time is available

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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