Parablechnum minus

{{Short description|Variety of fern}}

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| name = Soft water fern

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| taxon = Parablechnum minus

| authority = (R.Br.) Gasper & Salino

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|Blechnum minus|(R.Br.) Ettingsh.

|Blechnum capense var. minor|(R.Br.) Cheeseman

|Lomaria minor|(R.Br.) Spreng.

|Lomaria procera var. minor|Hook.f.

|Lomaria procera var. paludosa|Rodway

|Stegania minor|R.Br.

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Parablechnum minus, synonym Blechnum minus, is a small fern{{cite web |title=Blechnum minus, PlantNET – NSW Flora Online | accessdate=10 March 2012 | url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Blechnum~minus}} growing in moist situations in a variety of habitats in eastern Australia. It is often seen by streams.

It first appeared in scientific literature in the year 1810, as Stegania minor in the Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae, published by the prolific Scottish botanist, Robert Brown. It was later moved to the genus Blechnum and then to Parablechnum.