Asplenium delavayi (Franch.) Copel.

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Aspleniaceae > Asplenium

Characteristics

Plants up to 15 cm tall. Rhizome erect, short; scales black, narrowly triangular, margins sparsely toothed. Fronds simple, clustered; stipe chestnut-black to black, shiny, 3-10 cm, subglabrous, cylindrical but with an adaxial groove; lamina orbicular-reniform, usually 2.5-6 cm in diam., base cordate, margins entire to slightly sinuate, thin. Dark midrib distinct at base and running well into lamina, other veins usually obscure, veinlets mostly free but some connected near margin. Fronds herbaceous or papery, brownish green or brown after drying, minutely hairy. Sori linear, in pairs facing each other, confluent at maturity; indusia brownish, linear, persistent. Spores with lophate (alate) perispore.
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Mature height (meter) 0.15
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Soil texture 7-9
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Asplenium delavayi world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17371310-1
WFO ID wfo-0001125539
COL ID HK84
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Synonyms

Sinephropteris delavayi Phyllitis delavayi Schaffneria delavayi Scolopendrium delavayi Asplenium delavayi