Common name
English: Hart's Tonguefern
German: Hirschzungenfarn
Portuguese: Língua-cervina
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2653)
Phylum: Pteridophyta (45)
Class: Polypodiopsida (36)
Order: Polypodiales (35)
Family: Aspleniaceae (4)
Genus: Asplenium (4)
Epithet: scolopendrium L. (1)
scolopendrium => refers to the sori that are arranged rows which resemble the many legs of a centipede (skolopenda meaning centipede in Greek)
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
External links
Check for Asplenium scolopendrium at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [469] Asplenium scolopendrium - Plants For A Future database