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Ptisana purpurascens, formerly classified as Marattia purpurascens, is a large fern that is restricted to the highest, mist-submerged slopes on the southern side of Green Mountain. 

The fern Ptisana purpurascens.


© Ascension Island Government Conservation Department
(Features of Natural Interest, 14 of 32 - Slide ref. 677)