Family: Blechnaceae
Blechnum nudum
Citation:
Mett. ex Luerssen, Verst. Heimatl. Fl. 292 (1876).
Synonymy: Onoclea nuda Labill., Nov. Holl. Pl. Sp. 2:96, t. 216 (1807); B. discolor sensu J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 37 (1943), partly, non (Forster f.)Keys.
, Lomaria nudum Common name: Fishbone water-fern.
Description:
Rhizome short, erect or forming a short trunk; fronds erect or spreading; stipe a dark purplish black, scaly near the base; lamina rigid; undersurface much lighter in colour; often glaucous; pinnae attached by broad bases; margins entire; lowermost pinnae obtuse; middle and upper acute; fertile pinnae very firm.
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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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Published illustration:
Cochrane et al. (1980) Flowers and plants of Victoria and Tasmania, fig. 403.
Distribution:
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Occasional along stream banks in valleys.
S.Aust.: SL, KI. Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas.
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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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