Asplenium ruta-muraria

Common name

Wall Rue

Asplenium ruta-muraria

© Natural History Museum

Latin names

Class

Pteridopsida

Order

Polypodiales

Family

Aspleniaceae

Genus

Asplenium

Species

ruta-muraria

Geographic details

Habitat

rock faces

Soil type

tolerant

Distribution

Throughout British Isles

Native

Yes

General

Plant height

small

Branched

No

Plant colour

blue green

Rachis description

green, occasional stalked glands

Habit

compact tuft

Conservation status

not threatened

Wikimedia Url

https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Asplenium_ruta-muraria

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

lustrous, bluish grey

Rhizome position

creeping

Sori details

Sori shape

linear

Sori description

2-6 per segment

Sori place

along vein

Indusium details

Indusium present

Yes

Indusium shape

linear-oblong