WorldFloraDB - Asplenium scolopendrium

Characteristics

Varieties 2 or 3 (1 in the flora): North America, Mexico, West Indies in Hispaniola, Europe.

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A tufted fern. It has a short rhizome. The leaves are undivided and 10-60 cm long.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

monoecy

Pollination

hydrogamy

Spread

anemochory

Mature width (meter)

0.5 - 1.0

Mature height (meter)

0.15 - 0.5

Root system

rhizome

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

-

Blooming months

-

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

Moist banks and walls, rocks in damp shady places in woodlands, often on lime-rich soils.

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It is a temperate plant.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The leaves or fronds are used in soup.

Uses	food medicinal
Edible	fronds leaves
Therapeutic use	Antidote (unspecified), Astringent (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Lung (unspecified), Refrigerant (unspecified), Spleen (unspecified), Vulnerary (unspecified), Bladder (unspecified), Pectoral (unspecified), Sclerosis(Spleen) (unspecified), Sudorific (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Deobstruent (unspecified), Gravel (unspecified), Fumitory (unspecified), Liver (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions.

Mode	divisions
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-29
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-