Common name: basket fern, oakleaf fern
Drynaria rigidula (Sw.) Bedd. APNI* Synonyms: Drynaria rigidula 'Whitei' APNI*
Description: Rhizome densely covered with long, reddish brown, ciliate scales.
Both kinds of fronds covered, at least in part, with narrow ciliate scales and stellate hairs; the sterile (`nest') fronds long and narrow, 12–36 cm long and 6–8 cm wide, slightly lobed to pinnatifid; the fertile fronds pinnate, to 150 cm long including the stipe.
Sori in regular rows on either side of the midvein of the pinnae.
Distribution and occurrence: Creeping or clump-forming species found in rainforest; rare in N.S.W., north from the Clarence R.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Endangered
Text by Peter G. Wilson
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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