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Asplenium obtusatum (Aspleniaceae)

Asplenium obtusatum (short spleenwort) is a common native fern that grows in rocky crevices exposed to salt spray on exposed coastlines (and occasionally in rocky areas further inland). The thick, glossy, leathery, pinnate leaves makes this fern very distinctive. The sori are elongated, placed on the underside of the lamina and are protected by a flap of the lamina (an indusium).
 

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