Additional information

• FamilyLindsaeaceae
• StoreyLower storey
• Size10-50 cm high
• Plant groupingFerns & Fern Allies
• LeavesErect narrow-oblong yellow-green fronds, 2-3 times divided, tips often drooping. Yellowish midrib sometimes twisted. Stalked triangular segments 2-4 mm long, spaced, outer margin lobed or toothed; lowest segments sterile. Stems short, light brown.
• FlowersNon-flowering. Spore case in a narrow band along the outer margin within a pair of frilled parallel membranous coverings.
• Bird attractingNo
• Butterfly attractingNo
• Frog habitatNo
• Growing conditionsMoist soils in open forests and heaths and excavation sites. Full sun, semi shade.
• Garden useDifficult to grow. Plant in ferneries and rockeries. Would be an attractive container specimen.
• Commercially availableNever
• Conservation statusRare in Victoria with few known populations. Limited distribution within the Shire.

Photo Gallery

Photographer/s: 1, 2 Neville Walsh, Royal Botanic Gardens Board ©; 3 Ken Harris ©

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