Common name: Green Cliff Brake
Pellaea viridis (Forssk.) Prantl APNI* Synonyms: Pellaea viridis (Forssk.) Prantl APNI*
Description: Rhizome short-creeping, scaly.
Fronds ± erect, in tufts, to 25–40 cm long; stipe 10–25 cm long, dark brown and shiny with scales at the base similar to those on the rhizome; lamina leathery, usually 2-pinnate, sometimes to 3-pinnate towards the base; pinnae alternate, lanceolate to ovate, 1–4 cm long, 0.7–2 cm wide, margins minutely crenate; bases usually truncate sometimes with spreading basal lobes, terminal pinnule larger.
Marginal band of sori continuous c. 1 mm wide.
Distribution and occurrence: Occasionally naturalized. Native of Pac., S Asia, Afr., Pac. Is.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC
Other Australian states: *Qld
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