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Schizaea pectinata or cockscomb fern

Schizaea pectinata or cockscomb fern
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Schizaea pectinata, the toothbrush fern, cockscomb fern or curly grass fern, at first glance resembles the restios more than the ferns. Still, it is an attractive, low-growing grassy plant growing a tuft of erect, undivided fronds that reach about 30 cm in height.

The way in which the coiled, green fronds unfurl in spring to straighten from a seemingly wound up position, is a give-away clue of being a fern, not a restio.

S. pectinata is commonly seen during the first year after a fire. It typically grows on well-drained, sandy or quartzitic flats and slopes.

The distribution from around the Cederberg in the Western Cape along the coast to the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal reaches tropical Africa as far as Tanzania and the islands Madagascar and St. Helena.

This plant was photographed in Bainskloof during October (Manning and Goldblatt, 1996; Bean and Johns, 2005; Privett and Lutzeyer, 2010; iSpot).

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