Key Identification Features
- This fern is characterized by drooping fronds that take an umbrella-like shape, which distinguishes it from its relative S.
- Its most distinctive trait is deep pouches that are densely covered in hairs on the underside of the pinnules.
- flexuosa is known for forming dense thickets in disturbed and open habitats.
- microphylla, a portion of these plants are clearly distinct from Australian and New Zealand G.
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