Asplenium adiantum-nigrum

Common name

Black spleenwort

Asplenium adiantum-nigrum

© Natural History Museum

Latin names

Class

Pteridopsida

Order

Polypodiales

Family

Aspleniaceae

Genus

Asplenium

Species

adiantum-nigrum

Alternative Genus name

Asplenium

Geographic details

Habitat

rocks and walls

Soil type

alkaline

Distribution

Throughout British Isles

Native

Yes

General

Plant height

small

Branched

No

Plant colour

mid-green

Stipe description

glabrous; black -> red-brown

Habit

loose tuft

Conservation status

not threatened

Wikimedia Url

https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Asplenium_adiantum-nigrum

Leaf details

Separate fertile leaves

No

Leaf shape

ovate-triangular

Pinnae

2-3-pinnate

Wintergreen

Yes

Spore details

Homospore

Yes

Rhizome details

Rhizome description

short

Rhizome scales

triangular-lanceolate

Rhizome position

creeping

Sori details

Sori shape

linear-oblong

Sori place

on lateral veins closer to midrib

Indusium details

Indusium present

Yes

Indusium shape

linear-oblong

Indusium description

entire