Registration Number P023538/A
Phylum Embryophyta
Class Ferns
Order Polypodiales
Family Blechnaceae
| Scientific Name |
| Blechnum colensoi (Hook.f.) N.A.Wakef. |
Identified By Perrie, Leon
Identified Date 04 Dec 2011
Common / Maori name Colenso's hard fern, Peretako, Peretao, Petako
Country collected New Zealand
Region collected North Island, Gisborne
Precise locality between Opotiki and Gisborne, south of Matawai, Rakauroa Scenic Reserve.
Collected By Perrie, Leon
Date collected 04 Dec 2011
Habitat Shaded bank on outside bend of small, rocky creek. With Blechnum chambersii and Leptopteris hymenophylloides, and with Blechnum novae-zelandiae at top of bank.
Section Plants