Adiantum capillus-veneris
- Adiantum capillus-veneris
Taxobox
name = "Adiantum capillus-veneris"
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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Pteridophyta
classis = Pteridopsida
ordo = Pteridales
familia = Adiantaceae
genus = "Adiantum"
species = "A. capillus-veneris"
binomial = "Adiantum capillus-veneris"
binomial_authority = L.
"Adiantum capillus-veneris" (Black Maidenhair Fern) is a species of fern in the genus "Adiantum" with a subcosmopolitan distribution, native to western and southern Europe, Africa, North America, Central America. In the United States, it grows as far north as southern Missouri and southernmost Kentucky, where it will generally be found growing on sheltered, south-facing limestone. It is hardy to zone 7.
It grows to 20-70 cm tall, with very delicate, light green fronds much subdivided into pinnae 5-10 mm long and broad; the frond rachis is black and wiry.
It is commonly grown as a houseplant.
External links
* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?401925 Germplasm Resources Information Network: "Adiantum capillus-veneris"]
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