Adiantum raddianum

Eastbourne.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 29/07/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Eastbourne.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 29/07/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Adaxial surface of frond. In cultivation, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 19/04/2013, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Abaxial surface of frond. In cultivation, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 19/04/2013, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common name

maidenhair

Family

Pteridaceae

Authority

Adiantum raddianum C. Presl

Flora category

Vascular – Exotic

Structural class

Ferns

Conservation status

Not applicable

Flower colours

No flowers

Year naturalised

1981

Origin

American tropics

Etymology

adiantum: From the Greek a- ‘without, lacking’ and diantos ‘moistened’, the fronds of this fern are supposed to remain dry after submersion in water