Citation: Hook., Sp. Fil. 2:6 (1852).

Synonymy: Cheilanthes dicksonioides Endl., Prod. Fl. Norfolk. 15 (1833); H. punctata sensu Chinn. in J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 60 (1978), non (Thunb.)Mett. ex Kuhn.

Common name: Downy ground-fern.

Description:
Rhizome long-creeping, 7-10 mm thick, densely clad with hairs; fronds to 2 m long, erect but drooping in the upper part; young developing fronds and the tips of the primary pinnae densely clad in white glandular and eglandular hairs; stipe c. 1 cm thick near its base; lamina tripinnate, soft and membranous, light-green; rhachis costae and costules densely clad with stramineous crisped hairs; sori protected by a well developed false indusium but this obscured on old fronds.

Distribution:  This species is known from a few localities in the Mt Lofty Ranges where it grows in moist open situations or along stream banks. Presumed to be a glass-house escape. S.Aust.: SL.   Native to New Zealand; Norfolk Island. Conservation status: naturalised 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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