Skye Flora

Maidenhair Spleenwort


Asplenium trichomanes

 

Asplenium trichomanes

Photo © Carl Farmer
8 Aug 2002 Portree

Common on rocks and walls

Pinnae c 5 mm long

Skye ID: Rachis black along its entire length.

Other features: Black wiry rachis persists after pinnae fall off, and on most plants some of these can be seen along with those that still have pinnae, as in the picture on the left (the other plant in the pic is Black Spleenwort)

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  Asplenium trichomanes

Photo © Carl Farmer
16 Sep 2001 Broadford

 
     
     
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