Showing posts with label Leptosporangiate ferns. Show all posts
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Sunday, March 23, 2014

Osmunda collina


A primitive terrestrial fern endemic to Sri Lanka. It grows by stream banks in fast flowing water with shade in montane and submontane forests. Brownish leaflets of the leaves are reproductive leaflets and green ones are vegetative.