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Carl Farmer |
Rare on alkaline rock in mountains Fronds c 3-15 cm long. Skye ID: Fronds as shown, pinnae divided into c 3-5 lobes/pinnules each side. Underside of rachis has narrow brown scales, a few also on underside of pinnae. Other features: Looks similar to Brittle Bladder Fern, which grows in the same situations, but has fronds narrower than BBF, more parallel-sided, and BBF has lower half of rachis blackish, very few brown scales on the rachis, none on the pinnae, and some pinnae with well over 5 pinnules on each side. Sori covered by a whitish indusium divided into hair-pointed segments; those of BBF are not divided. |
