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Cystopteris tasmanica Hook.

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Cystopteridaceae > Cystopteris

Characteristics

Rhizomes short-creeping, scaly. Stipes 2-18 cm long, dark brown and scaly at base, straw-coloured and ± glabrous above. Laminae narrowly ovate or narrowly oblong, (2)-5-25 × 1.5-6-(7.5) cm, 1-2-pinnate at base, glabrous. Primary pinnae in 5-15 pairs, ovate to ± oblong, obtuse at apices, the longest 0.5-3-(4) × 0.4-1.5 cm; pinnae of smaller fronds divided into ± rounded, entire, or bluntly-toothed lobes; pinnae of larger fronds divided into secondary pinnae. Secondary pinnae elliptic, entire or bluntly toothed, obtuse, to 10 × 6 mm. Sori round, protected by ovate indusia arching over sporangia.
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Rhizome short-creeping, scaly; scales thin, brown, glossy, hair-tipped. Fronds tufted, crowded, 10-35 cm long. Stipe 5-15 cm long, thin, pale brown, scaly at the base. Lamina oblong-lanceolate, 5-20 cm long, 15-20 mm wide, with widely spaced pinnae, delicate, pale to mid-green, membranous, glabrous. Sori rounded, submarginal, numerous; indusium ovate, pale, delicate.
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Grows in subalpine regions, often among rocks in moist, sheltered situations.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

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Distribution

Cystopteris tasmanica world distribution map, present in Australia and New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17076860-1
WFO ID wfo-0001279775
COL ID 33Q32
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Synonyms

Cystopteris tasmanica
WorldFloraDB 2024