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Sticherus flabellatus
Sticherus flabellatus, the shiny fan fern, or umbrella fern, is a small fern found in eastern Australia and in New Zealand, northwards from the north-west of the South Island. It is a common and attractive plant with shiny dark foliage and with slightly toothed edges on the smallest parts of the fronds, often seen in large numbers in suitably moist gullies and by creeks.
Two varieties are recognized that differ in size of the sporangia and the size of the ultimate segments. The variety in New South Wales is Sticherus flabellatus var. flabellatus.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sticherus flabellatus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
