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Dwarf spleenwort

Asplenium pumilum

Dwarf spleenwort
Photo: Gaiacoyote, CC0
Family
Aspleniaceae (Spleenwort family)
Grows as
Fern
Native range
Trop. & Subtrop. America
Climate
wet tropical

About

Asplenium pumilum, often called the triangle spleenwort or hairy spleenwort, is a species of fern in the spleenwort family, the Aspleniaceae.

Where it grows

Asplenium pumilum occurs in Florida in the US, the Antilles, Mexico and Central America into South America, and parts of Africa. Also it is found in northwestern India.

Other Asplenium plants

Black spleenwort · Asplenium aequibasis · Egyptian spleenwort · Asplenium anceps · Bird’s Nest Fern · Asplenium appendiculatum · Asplenium arcanum · Fern · Asplenium attenuatum · Eared Spleenwort · Bird's Nest Fern · Azorean Spleenwort

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Asplenium pumilum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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