Pteris cretica L.

PLANTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA
PTERIDACEAE
File NY: fern
Pteris cretica L. var. cretica
det. M. Davlianidze (TBI), 2005
The Republic of Georgia. Tsageri distr. ( 6), right side of river
Tskhenis - Tskali, ca 42°39'193 N, 42°46' E, ca 450 m.. In mixed
broad - leaved forest, on moist banks, in shady Fagus orientalis,
Querciis iberica, Pteridium aquilinum, Phyllitis scolopendrium.
Perennial,rhizome creeping. Fronds 40 - 60 cm, 1 - pinnate;
petiole as long as blade. Pinnae narrowly lanceolate or linear.
Sterile’pinnae 1-1,5 cm broad. Fertile pinnae 0,5 cm broad.
Malvina Davlianidze 1901	08 October 2004
The New York Botanical Garden (NY)
in collaboration with
Institute of Botany, Georgian Academy of Sciences (TBI)
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