Plant Details

Scientific Name: Psilotum nudum
  • Pronunciation: sigh-LOTE-um NOO-dum
  • Common Name: Skeleton fork fern
  • Type: Fern ally, epiphytic Herb
  • Family: PSILOTACEAE
  • Size: To 75 cm long but usually much shorter and densely branched
  • Vegetation Type: Wallum Woodland, Rainforest
  • Species List: Pindari Steiner School, Cranks Creek, Batianoff 87, Heritage Park

Identification Notes

Rhizome-like non-aerial Stem, branched with rhizoids but no roots, often bearing small Bulbils Sporangia 3-celled, borne in axils of 2-Lobed Bracts on the margin of the outer branches of arterial stems. 

Landscaping Notes

Shade, hanging basket, part shade, Pot Plant, terrarium.

  • Psilotum nudum
  • Psilotum nudum
  • Psilotum nudum
  • Psilotum nudum
  • Psilotum nudum
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