Blechnum chambersii
Tindale
Lance water fern
BlechnaceaeLeaves
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fronds, Leaves
The young fronds are cooked and eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. It is best with moist, humus-rich soils. It needs a shaded position. It is sensitive to drought and frost.
Australia, New Zealand*, Tasmania,
Countries: Australia
How to Identify
An evergreen fern. It grows 50 cm high and spreads 1 m wide. The underground stem or rhizome is short and creeping. The fronds hang down. They are dark green and have leaflets along the stalk.
How to Grow
It can be grown from spores on sphagnum moss.
Names & Synonyms
Rereti
References (3)
- Bodkin, F., 1991, Encyclopedia Botanica. Cornstalk publishing, p 150
- Crowe, A., 1997, A Field Guide to the Native Edible Plants of New Zealand. Penguin. p 120
- Tasmanian Herbarium Vascular Plants list p 94
