Family: Schizaeaceae
Schizaea fistulosa
Citation:
Labill., Nov. Holl. Pl. Sp. 2:103, t. 250, fig. 3 (1807).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Narrow comb-fern.
Description:
Rhizome slow-creeping, clad with glossy dark-brown hairs; 6-22 cm high; sterile fronds rare, simple, subterete, smooth or slightly asperous; fertile fronds simple, terminated by a soriferous head 1-2 cm long, 2-4 mm broad, 5-6 times as long as broad, with 10-15 pairs of fertile lobes.
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Image source: fig. 25a in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Image source: pl. 1 in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Image source: fig. 25b in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Distribution:
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In S.Aust. this species is usually found on raised soil mounds in swamps or under scrub in moist situations. It is often found associated with S. bifida. There appear to be intermediate forms between these two species in S. Aust. populations.
S.Aust.: SL, KI, SE. W.Aust.; Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. New Zealand; New Caledonia; Fiji; Borneo; New Guinea; Madagascar; South America.
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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:
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Author:
Not yet available
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