Adiantum cunninghamii Hook.

Rhizome creeping. Fronds to 40 cm long, 2-3 times divided at the base. Blades ovate or elliptic in outline, to about 35 cm long. Stalk and midrib hairless. Segments oblong, curving, to 2.5 cm long, blue-green below, stalk attached at a corner, upper margin irregularly toothed. Sori numerous, kidney-shaped along the margin of each segment.

Needs shelter and warmth.

Qld, NZ.

Frond hairless with oblong segments that are bluish-green below.

Source: Spencer, R. (1995). Adiantaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 1, Ferns, conifers & their allies. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Polypodiopsida
order     Polypodiales
family      Pteridaceae
genus       Adiantum L.