Perennial delicate fern ; up to 15 cm high with linear , entirely black rhizome-scales , and fine stipe , straw-coloured , bare along lower half or rarely with scattered scales . . Fronds tufted or deeply dissected , dimorphic ; lamina ovate , glabrous ; leaflets roughly pyramidal in shape ; lobes either shaped like narrow finger-like blades (fertile fronds) , widely spaced on fine stems , or cut almost to the base into fine fringes , spread out like the fingers of a hand (infertile fronds) . Spore sacs (sori) linear along the leaflets . (Ref . Miller & Cope ; 1996) .
No Data
Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Trichomanes divaricatum Poir.
Allosorus cuspidatus Hochst
Allosorus melanolepis Decne.
Cheilanthes leptophylla R.Br.
Cryptogramma melanolepis Prantl
Onychium melanolepis (Decne.) Kunze
Pteris melanolepis Ettingsh.
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Not known
Not recorded yet. However, the vernacular name 'kuzbarat al bar' means "the wild coriander"; refers to the similarity of the plant leaves to the leaves of coriander. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press. ISBN 0748604758. https://en.wikipedia.org Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants. Fourth Edition. Cambridge University Press, UK. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3 ISSN 978-0-521-68553-5.
