Aquatic annual fern ; up to 30 cm tall , usually rooting in mud in shallow water . Stipe fleshy , with numerous longitudinal air canals , abaxially rounded and ribbed . Fronds tufted , up to 60 cm , light green , succulent , rather brittle , glabrous . Lamina of sterile fronds ovate or ovate-triangular , up to 20 x 15 cm , pinnate to bipinnate-pinnatifid ; lobes triangular or ovate , acute or obtuse ; lamina of fertile fronds ovate , up to 60 x 15 cm , (2-)3-4-pinnate , with linear lobes . Spore sacs (sori) nearly sessile , usually densely packed , globose ; spores large , trilete , ribbed with irregular long meshes . (Ref . Miller & Cope ; 1996) .
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Rare & Threatened (RT) - Vulnerable (VU A4abc) - National Assessment
Rare
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Ellobocarpus cornutus (P.Beauv.) Kaulf.
Furcaria cornuta (P.Beauv.) Desv.
Onychium cornutum (P.Beauv.) Hassk.
Pteris cornuta P.Beauv.
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Water sprite
Broad-leaf Water Sprite
Not used traditionally.
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