Adiantum formosum | |
"Australian Maidenhair" | |
LHBC 469 | |
Family: Pteridaceae | |
Native to: Australia, New Zealand. Found in subtropical forests. | |
One of the Maidenhair Ferns, with fan-shaped leaflets and marginal sori (clusters of sporangia under the enrolled leaf margin). This genus also typically has black or dark brown, often wiry leaf rachises. Many maidenhair ferns occur on limestone in their natural habitats. |