| Asplenium
flabellifolium (necklace fern) is a very common native fern that
mostly grows in humid microsites in dry rocky places. It is a small fern with leaves
pinnately divided into wedge-shaped leaflets. The sori are
elongated, placed on the underside of the lamina and are protected
by a flap of the lamina (an indusium). It is often confused with
Lindsaea linearis, which differs in having the sori extending
along the margins of the leaflets, and mostly grows in wet heaths.
It could also be confused with
A. trichomanes, but has
slender, flexible stems. |
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