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VicFlora Flora of Victoria

Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Pteridaceae
Adiantum
Adiantum hispidulum
Sibling

Adiantum hispidulum var. hispidulum

Rough Maidenhair

Taxonomic status Accepted

Occurrence status Present

Origin Native

Degree of establishment Native

Threat status

FFG: Critically Endangered (CR)

Pinnules obovate, 3–12 mm long, length to width ratio 2(–2.5); apex blunt; dark green on both surfaces; abaxial surface of mostly short setose hairs or glabrous.

GipP, EGL, EGU, MonT. Also WA, Qld, NSW, NT, Norfolk Is. New Zealand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Polynesia, East Africa, India. More often among rocks than as ground cover, locally frequent on rocky verges of watercourses.

Largely restricted to inland ranges and gorges (e.g. Mitchell River Gorge and Snowy River National Park, with an isolated population at Merragunegin Bluff near the N.S.W. border).

Source:

Entwisle, T.J. (1994). Ferns and allied plants (Psilophyta, Lycopodiophyta, Polypodiophyta). In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., ‍Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons‍, pp. 13–111. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Updated by: Andre Messina, 15 May 2016

Adiantum hispidulum var. hispidulum (hero image)

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Adiantum hispidulum var. hispidulum (distribution map)

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Flora of Australia

New South Wales Flora

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