Wild plant by Victor Raimilla Almonacid,
Flickr.com.
Habitat by Jessie Harris, Tropicos.org.
The leaves by Agustin Amenabar,
Wikipedia.org.
And another plant by Mark Morgan. |
| Author: |
Georg Heinrich Mettenius,
1856 | |
Family: |
BLECHNACEAE |
| Origin: |
S Argentina, C+S Chile,
Falkland Islands |
| Soil: |
Rich - Mix |
| Water: |
Maximum |
| Sun: |
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
35 Centimetres |
| Height: |
170 Centimetres |
| Flower: |
No; Brown Spores |
| Propagate: |
Seeds |
| Names: |
Tall Fern |
| Synonyms: |
Lomaria magellanica,
Desv.,1811.
Lomaria setigera Gaudich. , 1825.
Lomariocycas magellanica, Gasper & A.R.Sm., 2016.
Blechnum magellanicum var. angustiseta, C.V.Morton, 1970.
Blechnum magellanicum var. bipinnatifidum, G.Kunkel , 1959.
Blechnum magellanicum var. setigerum, C.Chr., 1910.
Blechnum magellanicum var. verum, C.Chr., 1910.
Blechnum tabulare var. setigerum, Capurro, 1939.
|
This member of the Blechnaceae family
was given this name by Georg Heinrich Mettenius in 1856. It is found in
southern Argentina, south and central Chile and on the Falkland islands, growing in a
rich but well drained soil with quite some water and lots of sun. The stem can grow to
35 centimetres in diameter, the entire plant
to 170 centimetres in height. The spores are brown.
The genera name
comes from the Greek word βλῆχνον,
which means 'for a fern'. The species is named after the Straits of
Magellan, along which sides it is found. |
