Family: Dennstaedtiaceae
Pteridium esculentum
Citation:
Cockayne, Rep. Bot. Surv. Tongariro Nat. Park 34 (1908).
Synonymy: Pteris esculenta Forster f., Plant. Escul. 74 (1786); P. aquilinum sensu J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 36 (1943), non (L.)Kuhn.
Common name: Bracken, austral (or common) bracken.
Description:
Rhizome long-creeping, black, subterranean; fronds large, 0.3-2 m long, 3-4-pinnate in the lower part, stiff and coriaceous, brown to dark-green; circular nectaries at the base of the primary pinnae; sori linear, running along the margins, protected by an outer false and an inner membranous indusium.
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Image source: fig. 41a in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Image source: fig. 41a in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Image source: fig. 41c in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 28.
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Distribution:
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Common to abundant, and often becoming a pest.
Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. New Zealand; Norfolk Island.
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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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