Asplenium adiantum-nigrum

black spleenwort

Other common names

black spleenwort
French fern

Synonyms

Asplenium chihuahense
Asplenium dubiosum

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Botanical details

Family: Aspleniaceae
Native to the UK: No
Genus: Asplenium
Genus description: Asplenium are evergreen ferns with short, usually erect rhizomes bearing a rosette of slightly leathery fronds which may be simple, pinnate to 3-pinnate
Name status: Correct

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