This native groundcover is commonly known as five-fingered jack.
Adiantum hispidulum var. hispidulum is described as a "fern" in the Pteridaceae family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
According to the Queensland Flora Census this is the most common of the rough maidenhair-fern varieties in the Wide Bay district. Listed as a special least concern species in Queensland (https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/plants/protected-plants/harvesting).
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census but is not listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 10 Fraser Coast localities: Bauple, Boompa, Doongul, Magnolia, Mount Urah, St Mary, Talegalla Weir, Teddington, Tinana, Tuan Forest.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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