Asplenium harmanii

Location & distribution maps

Phylogeny & links to associated information

Wikipedia links:       Monilophytes > Polypodiales > Aspleniineae >  Aspleniaceae > Asplenium harmanii 

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Plant  information

Common name:               . . .

Conservation status:   . . .

Etymology:   

• From New Latin asplenium (“the spleenworts”), from its use to cure anthrax in livestock

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Flowers:                  

• Sori very numerous in the apical third of frond, often 30–45 mm long

Fruit:                         

Leaves:         

• Fronds 50–130 cm long, 8–13 cm wide

• Lamina dark green

• Apex obtuse to subacute

• Midrib very acutely keeled below

• Glabrous & veins free

• Intramarginal vein present

Stem & branches:   

• Has an erect rhizome , stout, bearing untidy rosettes of erect fronds

• Rhizome sometimes producing lateral branches in older plants

• Scales pale brown with ciliate margins

Roots:          

Habit:        

• Grows to a height of 1-2 m

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Additional notes:     

• In the wild bird's nest ferns settle in the branches of trees, but you can plant them in borders and pots

• Identification

  •  Harmanii is more open in shape with tapering leaves at the centre, and a large mature size

  • Almost identical to the common bird's nest fern variety, differing only by the tapering of the leaves towards the centre, creating a more open rosette

  • Large growing fern with leathery foliage, each frond may reach between 1-2 metres on mature plants

Sources of information:

• https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asplenium_harmanii (2023)