Family: Ophioglossaceae
Botrychium australe
Citation:
R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 164 (1810).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Austral moonwort.
Description:
Frond to 30 cm high, occasionally more; sterile segment spreading, tripartite, 3-pinnate to 3-pinnate-pinnatifid; fertile spike erect, 2- or 3-pinnate, stalk fleshy; sporangia large, thick, transversely dehiscing.
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Image source: fig. 21 in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Heath & Chinnock (1975) Ferns and fern allies of New Zealand, fig. 82.
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Distribution:
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S.Aust.: SL. Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. New Zealand.
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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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Biology:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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