Asplenium adulterinum Milde
corrupt spleenwort
Aspleniaceae (Spleenwort family)

Introduction to Vascular Plants

Photograph

© Ryan Batten     (Photo ID #23766)


Map

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Distribution of Asplenium adulterinum
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Species Information

General:
Evergreen from a short, stout rhizome, with clustered fronds.
Leaves:
Narrowly lanceolate, 10-25 cm long, 0.7-1.5 cm wide; rachis not winged, reddish-brown in the lower 2/3-4/5, green towards the tip; pinnae in pairs, egg-shaped to oblong-egg-shaped, 5-10 mm long, 3-6 mm wide.
Notes:
This species is an allotetraploid which originated from a hybrid of the diploid species A. trichomanes x A. viride. Mokry et al. (1986) ascribed our plants to A. adulterinum ssp. presolanense, described from the Italian Alps, but Vogel et al. (1998) consider them to be typical A. adulterinum.

SourceThe Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Illustration

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Habitat and Range

Dry to mesic walls of limestone fissures in the montane and subalpine zones; rare on Vancouver Island and in lower Fraser Valley; not known elsewhere in NA; Europe.

SourceThe Illustrated Flora of British Columbia