Family: Pteridaceae
Adiantum capillus-veneris
Citation:
-veneris, L., Sp. Pl. 1096 (1753).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: None
Description:
Rhizome slow-creeping, thick, covered with dark-brown scales; fronds pinnate or bipinnate; stipe and rhachis a dark blackish brown, shining; pinnules dimidiate, shallowly or deeply incised; sori 2-8, oblong, on the margins between the sinuses.
Published illustration:
Erickson et al. (1973) Flowers and plants of Western Australia, fig. 521.
Distribution:
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In S.Aust. this species appears to be restricted to limestone. It grows in erosion zones along the Murray River near Blanchetown and in sinkholes and wells on YP and the SE of the State.
S.Aust.: MU, YP, SL, SE. W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld; Vic. Subtropical and temperate countries.
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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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