Blechnum_fluviatile
Cranfillia fluviatilis
Species of fern
Cranfillia fluviatilis, synonym Blechnum fluviatile, is a fern known in the Māori language as kiwikiwi. A herbaceous plant, C. fluviatilis is a "hard fern" of the genus Cranfillia in the family Blechnaceae. It was identified by Patrick Brownsey in 1979.[2] Other common names are star fern, creek fern, kawakawa and kiwakiwa.[3][2]