This introduced groundcover is commonly known as cliff brake fern.
Pellaea viridis var. viridis is described as a "fern" in the Pteridaceae family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is not classified as it is not native to Queensland. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Recorded in Moreton district and near Mackay.
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/100215359
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/200692670
In Plants of the World Online known as Cheilanthes viridis.
It has not been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is not listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.
Reported at 6 Fraser Coast localities: Doongul, Maryborough, St Mary, Talegalla Weir, Tuan Forest, Yengarie.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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