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Microsorum pustulatum subsp. pustulatum
Height: 0.3m;  Spread: 1.5m
Hounds Tongue (Fern)
Fern with distinctive thick glossy bright green leaves. Slow spreading. Climbs over rocks and up trees.
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» Click here for our Microsorum pustulatum article published in The Fringe, November 2015 ...
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Variegated Microsorum pustulatum
Microsorum pustulatum variegata
Effective ground cover at Royal Melb. Botanical Gardens..
The regularly-spaced pustules on the upper surface of the fronds indicate where the sporangia are found on the lower surface.
Creeping along the ground, the back-lit fronds display their sporangia.
Creeping up a tree, the top of the fronds display the pustules.
Sterile fronds without pustules.
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