Tectaria cicutaria explained

Tectaria cicutaria, the button fern, is a species of fern in the family Tectariaceae, native to the Antilles. It has thin, soft, triangular fronds up to about 3.5 feet in length; blades are once- or twice-pinnate with the final segments pinnately-lobed. The rhizome is short and erect.

References

• GBIF entry
• USDA PLANTS Profile entry
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• Thomas H. Everett, The New York Botanical Garden illustrated encyclopedia of horticulture, Taylor & Francis, 1982, pages 3307–3308. .
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• Proctor, G.R. 1989. Ferns of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 53: 1–389.