Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Asplenium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Monilophytes (ferns): Leptosporangiate Ferns (true ferns): Polypodiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Asplenium trichomanes
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Asplenium trichomanes ssp. trichomanes
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 013-01-004:
Asplenium trichomanes
FAMILY
Aspleniaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Asplenium trichomanes
COMMON NAME:
Maidenhair Spleenwort
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JK Marlow jkm150424_776
April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Blade 3-15cm long and about 1cm wide, tapering slightly at both ends, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
Emily B. Sessa ebs_atrichomanes_0239
June
Rachis dark purple-brown, per Field Guide to the Ferns and Other Pteridophytes of Georgia.
Tim Spira tps_atrichomanes_spray
June
Pinnae ~ 1/4" long, rounded or slightly oval, opposite and slightly stalked, per Peterson Field Guide to Ferns of Northeastern and Central North America.
JK Marlow jkm160702_199
July Jackson County NC
Sori elongate along veins; indusia attached along one side of the sori, per The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas.