Blechnum indicum

Swamp Water Fern
Swamp water fern near Botany Bay, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pteridophyta
Class: Pteridopsida
Order: Athyriales
Family: Blechnaceae
Genus: Blechnum
Species: B. indicum
Binomial name
Blechnum indicum
Burm.f.

Blechnum indicum or the swamp water fern is often seen growing on sandy soils in swampy areas. The specific epithet indicum is from Latin, revealing this plant was first collected in the East Indies, (Java). Indigenous Australians used the starchy rhizome as food.

This plant was collected with another swamp fern Cyclosorus interruptus by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander at Botany Bay in 1770.[1][2]

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