Paesia scaberula. Mātātā. Scented fern. Ring fern.

Pteris scaberula

A scented fern. See Briggs 1947.

"..sticky glandular hairs strongly scented in warm weather" ( Brownsey and Smith-Dodsworth 2000)

"The Fronds are bruised and applied to indolent ulcers"(Charles Jeffs, 1888, note on pressed specimen in King Tawhiao Collection, Te Papa).

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28 May 2007

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6 June 2020