Asplenium monanthes |
Asplenium scolopendrium |
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single-sorus fern, single-sorus spleenwort |
Hart's-tongue fern |
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Roots | not proliferous. |
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Stems | erect, unbranched; scales black with lighter margins, linear-lanceolate, 3–6 × 0.4–0.8 mm, margins entire. |
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Leaves | monomorphic. |
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Petiole | reddish brown throughout, lustrous, 1–12(–20) cm, 1/3–1/10 length of blade; indument of black filiform scales. |
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Blade | linear, 1-pinnate throughout, 5–25(–40) × 1–2.5(–3) cm, thick, glabrous; base gradually tapered; apex acute, not rooting. |
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Pinnae | in 10–40 pairs, oblong to quadrangular, somewhat asymmetric; medial pinnae 4–15 × 2–5 mm; base rounded to cuneate; margins crenulate or ± entire; apex obtuse. |
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Veins | free, obscure. |
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Sori | 1(–3) per pinna, only on basiscopic side. |
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Spores | 32 per sporangium. |
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Rachis | reddish brown throughout, lustrous, glabrous. |
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n | = 2n = 108 (apogamous). |
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Asplenium monanthes |
Asplenium scolopendrium |
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Habitat | Rock | |
Elevation | 50–1000 m [160–3300 ft] | |
Distribution |
AL; AZ; NC; SC; HI; Mexico; Central America; West Indies in Hispaniola; Jamaica; South America to n Argentina; Africa including Madagascar; Madeira; Réunion; Tristan da Cunha
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AL; MI; NY; TN; ON; Mexico; West Indies in Hispaniola; Europe |
Discussion | Varieties 2 or 3 (1 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 2. | FNA vol. 2. |
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Synonyms | A. altajense, Phyllitis scolopendrium | |
Name authority | Linnaeus: Mant. Pl. 1: 130. (1767) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 1079. (1753) |
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