Plant Details

Scientific Name: Adiantum formosum
  • Pronunciation: aye-dee-AN-tum for-MOW-sum
  • Common Name: Black-stemmed Maidenhair
  • Type: Fern
  • Family: ADIANTACEAE
  • Size: 50 cm to over 1 metre
  • Flowers: Ferns do not have flowers or Fruit but produce spores on the backs of their Leaves throughout the year.
  • Vegetation Type: Rainforest
  • Species List: Kennilworth Fig Tree Walk, Janet, Upper Yandina Creek,

Identification Notes

Terminal primary Pinnae much shorter than the Basal Pinnae; indusia oblong to broadly kidney-shaped; undersurface of pinnules Glabrous, rarely with some whitish hairs; Stipe rough dark brown, shiny with scales towards the base

Landscaping Notes

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  • Adiantum formosum
  • Adiantum formosum
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