Family: Pteridaceae
Cheilanthes distans
Citation:
Mett., Abh. Senckenb. naturf. Ges. 3:69 (1859).
Synonymy: Notholaena distans R.Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 146 (1810).
Common name: Bristly cloak-fern.
Description:
Rhizome slow-creeping; fronds erect, to 40 cm long, 2-3 cm broad; stipe reddish-brown, shining, slightly grooved above, densely hairy-scaly at first, later almost glabrous; rhachis densely scaly; lamina bipinnatisect, densely scaly on the undersurface; sori protected by the reflexed pinnule margins.
Distribution:
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Common in rock crevices or on open banks in mountain ranges and smaller hills in drier parts of the State. Often associated with other species of Cheilanthes.
S.Aust.: FR, EA, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL, SE. W.Aust.; Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.. New Zealand; New Caledonia; 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:
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