Tectaria cicutaria

Tectaria cicutaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Pteridopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Tectariaceae
Genus: Tectaria
Species: T. cicutaria
Binomial name
Tectaria cicutaria
(L.) Copeland

Tectaria cicutaria, the button fern,[1] is a species of fern in the Tectariaceae family, native to the Antilles. It has thin, soft, triangular fronds up to about 3.5 feet in length; blades are once- or twice-pinnate with the final segments pinnately-lobed. The rhizome is short and erect.

References

  1. "Tectaria cicutaria". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 8 December 2015.


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