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Gardening with
Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use Identification & Control
of Common Weeds

Botanical Name:Adiantum aethiopicum 
Common Name:Common Maidenhair 
Sold As:Tube ($2.00), 5" Pot ($5.00)
Plant
Type(s):
Fern, Ground Cover (up to 30 cm)
Growing
Conditions:
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Moist, Well Drained
Size
(HxW):
10-45 cm x spreading
Foliage:Delicate lacy pale yellow-green fronds, darkening as they age, on slender reddish-brown to black stems. Frond divided 2-3 times, final leaflets fan- to wedge-shaped, 3-12 mm x 3-13 mm, outer edge scalloped.
Flowers:Non-flowering. 1-4 large spore cases sunken into the lobe of leaflet and covered by kidney-shaped leaflet flap.
General
Comments:

Tufted perennial herb spreading from slender, scale-covered branching stems which creep both above and below ground to form a spreading groundcover.

Grow rapidly in autumn & spring. Likes moist well drained soils near creeks and in foothills in moist to dry forests.

Further
Information:
  1. Whitehorse Council 
  2. Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (VICFLORA) 
  3. Yarra Ranges Council 
  4. Wikipedia (free online encyclopedia) 


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