Scientific Name: Adiantum hispidulum

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  • Pronunciation:
    ad-ee-AN-tum his-PID-ewe-lum
  • Common Name:
    Rough Maiden Hair Fern, Five Fingered Jack
  • Type:
    Fern
  • Family:
    ADIANTACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Ferns do not have flowers or fruit but produce spores on the backs of their leaves throughout the year.
  • Vegetation Type:
    In rainforests, or eucalypt forests, on earth baniks or among rocks, wet clay banks.
  • Species List:
    Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, BSDoonan, Old Tewantin, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Janet, Batianoff 87, NNP Tanglewood, NNP Palm Grove, Kin Kin Scrub
Identification Notes

Stipe: tufted, 10-30 cm long, stout, rough, very dark brown to almost black, shiny, bearing scales towards the base.|| Leaves: New growth pink. Pinnules bear whitish hairs on lower surface.|| Rhizome: erect or shortly creeping, scaly, bearing rootlets which lack small tuber-like outgrowths.|| Very variable species||

Landscaping Notes

Shade||Successfully propagated by Florabunda Bushcare nursery Woombye||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||