Crepidomanes walleri (Watts) Tindale APNI* Synonyms: Trichomanes walleri Watts APNI*
Description: Rhizome densely covered with dark brown hairs.
Fronds to 4 cm long; main rachis winged; lamina 1–2-pinnatifid, with a few hairs on the veins but glabrous otherwise.
Sori 1–8 per frond, partly immersed in lamina; involucre obconical with 2 triangular lips; receptacle usually shortly exserted.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows on mossy rocks in rainforest; rare in N.S.W.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by Peter G. Wilson
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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