Christella dentata is a small fern with widespread distribution in Australia and islands in the south Pacific Ocean. There are many local common names. In New South Wales it grows north from the southern Illawarra region and is known as binung.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Soft 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
- Christella parasitica
- Pelazoneuron kunthii
- Christella jaculosa
- Christella acuminata
- Christella arida
- Coryphopteris castanea
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Polypodiopsida
- Order
- Polypodiales
- Family
- Thelypteridaceae
- Genus
- Christella
- Species
- Christella dentata
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