Lomariocycas magellanica, synonym Blechnum magellanicum, costilla de vaca (Chilean Spanish for cow's rib) or palmilla, is a medium-sized fern native with a natural range from Talca at 35°S, to the Magallanes Region in Chile. It grows from sea level up to 2200 m.a.s.l. It grows also in the humid valleys of western Argentina close to the Chilean border.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Tall Fern being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Lomariocycas schomburgkii
- Lomariocycas tabularis
- Blechnum brasiliense
- Oceaniopteris gibba
- Neoblechnum brasiliense
- Blechnum attenuatum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Polypodiopsida
- Order
- Polypodiales
- Family
- Blechnaceae
- Genus
- Lomariocycas
- Species
- Lomariocycas magellanica
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