| SCIENTIFIC NAME: | ASPLENIUM TRICHOMANES |
| VERNACULAR NAME: | MAIDENHAIR SPLEENWORT |
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| Fig 1 |
| DESCRIPTION | Height - 3 - 6inches. A lime-loving evergreen fern that has fronds which form a rosette. Each frond is made up of a long, slender dark purple midrib which has rounded leaflets along opposite sides. The underside of each leaflet has several dark oblong sori which ripen August to November. |
| DISTRIBUTION | Common throughout the British Isles. |
| HABITAT | Old rocks and walls. |