Kingdom:
Phylum:
Pteridophytes
Order:
Polypodiales
Genus:
Species:
exiguum
ID:
1109977

Status:
valid

Authors:
Bedd.

Source:
tro

Year:
1863

Citation Micro:
Ferns S. India t. 146. 1863 (1863)

WFO Identifier:
wfo-0001109315

Common Names

  • Asplenium exiguum
  • Exiguous Spleenwort
  • Exiguous Fern

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Description

Asplenium exiguum (also called Small Spleenwort, among many other common names) is a fern native to eastern North America. It is a small-sized fern with a delicate, creeping rhizome and a single, erect, leathery, dark green frond. It is found in moist, shady woods, ravines, and stream banks in the eastern United States and Canada.

Uses & Benefits

Asplenium exiguum is used as an ornamental plant in gardens and flowerbeds. It is also used in traditional medicine to treat various ailments.

Cultivars, Varieties & Sub-species

Asplenium exiguum sub. yunnanense (Franch.) Fraser-Jenk., Pangtey & Khullar
Asplenium exiguum sub. lushanense (C.Chr.) Fraser-Jenk., Pangtey & Khullar
Asplenium exiguum sub. exiguum

Flower, Seeds and Seedlings

Asplenium exiguum has small, yellowish-green flowers that are arranged in a terminal panicle. Its seeds are small and black, and the seedlings are small and green.

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Where to Find Asplenium exiguum

Asplenium exiguum is found in the southeastern United States, from Virginia to Florida and west to Texas.

Species in the Asplenium genus

Asplenium acostae, Asplenium acrobryum, Asplenium aegaeum, Asplenium aequibasis, Asplenium akaishiense, Asplenium albersii, Asplenium alvarezense, Asplenium amaurolobum, Asplenium amboinense, Asplenium amoenum, Asplenium aneitense, Asplenium anguifrons, Asplenium anguineum, Asplenium apoense, Asplenium aran-tohanum, Asplenium araucarieti, Asplenium artanense, Asplenium ascensionis, Asplenium athertonense, Asplenium atrovirens, Asplenium atuntzeense, Asplenium austrobrasiliense, Asplenium badense, Asplenium barrancense, Asplenium batuense, Asplenium bavaricum, Asplenium bechereri, Asplenium beckeri, Asplenium belloides, Asplenium bicarinatum, Asplenium bicentenniale, Asplenium bipinnatifidum, Asplenium borneense, Asplenium bouharmontii, Asplenium bourgaei, Asplenium brachycarpum, Asplenium bradeanum, Asplenium brissaginense, Asplenium bugoiense, Asplenium burundense, Asplenium capitisyork, Asplenium carinatum, Asplenium cariocanum, Asplenium carnarvonense, Asplenium carruthersii, Asplenium celtibericum, Asplenium centovallense, Asplenium centrafricanum, Asplenium cesatianum, Asplenium chasmophilum,

Species in the Aspleniaceae family

Asplenicystopteris blindii, Asplenium acostae, Asplenium acrobryum, Asplenium aegaeum, Asplenium aequibasis, Asplenium akaishiense, Asplenium albersii, Asplenium alvarezense, Asplenium amaurolobum, Asplenium amboinense, Asplenium amoenum, Asplenium aneitense, Asplenium anguifrons, Asplenium anguineum, Asplenium apoense, Asplenium aran-tohanum, Asplenium araucarieti, Asplenium artanense, Asplenium ascensionis, Asplenium athertonense, Asplenium atrovirens, Asplenium atuntzeense, Asplenium austrobrasiliense, Asplenium badense, Asplenium barrancense, Asplenium batuense, Asplenium bavaricum, Asplenium bechereri, Asplenium beckeri, Asplenium belloides, Asplenium bicarinatum, Asplenium bicentenniale, Asplenium bipinnatifidum, Asplenium borneense, Asplenium bouharmontii, Asplenium bourgaei, Asplenium brachycarpum, Asplenium bradeanum, Asplenium brissaginense, Asplenium bugoiense, Asplenium burundense, Asplenium capitisyork, Asplenium carinatum, Asplenium cariocanum, Asplenium carnarvonense, Asplenium carruthersii, Asplenium celtibericum, Asplenium centovallense, Asplenium centrafricanum, Asplenium cesatianum,

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