Asplenium flabellifolium
Necklace Fern
Necklace Fern
by M Fagg at Alpine NP
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Common name: Necklace Fern
Conservation status: . . .
Etymology:
From New Latin asplenium (“the spleenworts”), from its use to cure anthrax in livestock
Flabellifolium is Latin for 'with fan-shaped leaves'
Spores:
Leaves:
The fronds are 10 to 20 cm long
5 to 20 pairs of pinnae, often fan-shaped or sometimes lanceolate
Stem & branches:
Roots:
Habit:
A small fern usually on the ground
Sometimes epiphytic
Habitat:
Open forest or rainforest
Often seen in rock crevices, caves, on fallen logs and tree trunks, beside streams, or near cliffs, or waterfalls
Distribution:
In all states of Australia
Also NZ
Additional notes:
Taxonomy
It was initially described by Spanish botanist Antonio José Cavanilles
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