Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Pteridophyte Literature for Hymenophyllum obtusum
Palmer, 2003.
   Hymenophyllaceae -- The Filmy Fern Family Bibliography
      Hymenophyllum obtusum

Common name(s): palai lau li`i
General Information
DistributionHawaiian Islands.In the Hawaiian Islands, endemic to Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Hawai`i.















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HabitatWet forests, usually found on portions of tree trunks and logs protected from sun and wind.
Elevation400-1300 m
Habit
Epiphytic, delicate; rhizomes thread-like.
Leaves
Fronds 3-9 x 0.7-2.5 cm; stipe quite hairy, hairs brown to dark brown, branched or unbranched at base, often branched distally; blade 2-pinnate to 3-pinnate-pinnatifid variable in shape, compact, ovate to somewhat lanceolate, membranous but somewhat stiff, appearing reddish brown because of hairs, tips obtuse, hairs abundant on veins and margins, branching at base and distally; pinnae linear, obtuse tipped, spreading from planes of rachises, resulting in a 3-dimensional quality, less than 1 mm wide; veins dark, obscured by hairs.
Sori
Sori marginal at tips of ultimate segments; indusia extending from ultimate segment tips, very hairy.
Notes
Latin obtusus, blunt, dull, alluding to the generally obtuse shape of the frond tips.
Contributor
Sally Eichhorn