Citation: Willd., Abh. Akad. Wiss. Erfurt 1:30, t. 3, fig. 3 (1802).

Synonymy: S. asperula Wakef., Victorian Nat. 59:89 (1942).

Common name: Forked comb-fern.

Description:
Rhizome slow-creeping, clad with glossy brown hairs; fronds 8-28 cm high; sterile fronds simple or flabellately dichotomous, the stipe and segments flattened and more or less angular, c. 0.5-1 mm broad, almost smooth to markedly asperous; fertile fronds with 1-5 (usually 2 or 3 ) soriferous heads c. 1 cm long, 4-5 mm broad at the base, 2-3 times as long as broad, with 7-10 pairs of fertile lobes.

Published illustration: Rotherham et al. (1975) Flowers and plants of New South Wales and southern Queensland, fig. 32.

Distribution:  Occasional in swampy or moist soils amongst grasses or Gleichenia microphylla. Rare in S.Aust. S.Aust.: SL, SE.   Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas.   New Zealand; New Caledonia. 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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