Sticherus lobatus, known as the spreading fan fern, is a fern found in eastern and southern Australia. It is a common and attractive plant, similar to S. flabellatus but with additional lobed segments. It often forms colonies in open forest areas or on the edge of rainforests.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Spreading Fan-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
- Sticherus tener
- Sticherus urceolatus
- Sticherus quadripartitus
- Sticherus bifidus
- Sticherus squamulosus
- Sticherus umbraculifer
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Polypodiopsida
- Order
- Gleicheniales
- Family
- Gleicheniaceae
- Genus
- Sticherus
- Species
- Sticherus lobatus
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