Asplenium flaccidum
Weeping Spleenwort
Tufted weeping epiphytic fern spreading from short thick stems.
Additional information
- FamilyAspleniaceae
- StoreyLower storey
- Sizefronds 0.2-0.9 m long
- Plant groupingEpiphytes
- LeavesThick leathery bright green narrow fronds, twice divided. Green stem flattened, grooved. Narrow primary segments to 20 cm long, scattered along midrib. Final segments narrow with long tips.
- FlowersNon-flowering. Oblong spore cases to one side of the midvein, one per segment, cover attached at midvein.
- Bird attractingNo
- Butterfly attractingNo
- Frog habitatNo
- Growing conditionsGrows on tree ferns and trunks in wet forest gullies. Full shade.
- Garden useGrow in hanging baskets or on tree fern slabs in moist protected gardens and ferneries.
- Commercially availableNever
- Conservation statusSignificant within the Shire. Known from very few local sites.
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Photographer/s: 1 Daniel Ohlsen, Royal Botanic Gardens Boards ©; 2 Jeff Jeanes, Royal Botanic Gardens Boards ©
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