Pyrrosia eleagnifolia, commonly known as the leather-leaf fern, or ota in Māori, is a climbing fern endemic to New Zealand. P. eleagnifolia has thick, fleshy rounded leaves, and grows both on the ground and as an epiphyte.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Leather-leaf 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
- Pyrrosia rupestris
- Pyrrosia lanceolata
- Pyrrosia confluens
- Microgramma piloselloides
- Pyrrosia piloselloides
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Polypodiopsida
- Order
- Polypodiales
- Family
- Polypodiaceae
- Genus
- Pyrrosia
- Species
- Pyrrosia eleagnifolia
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