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Asplenium trichomanes
3-443.17.07English: Maidenhair spleenwort.
Clades: Trichomanoideae; Aspleniaceae, Aspleniidae; Pteridophyta; Plants.
Region: temperate world, Britain, mountains in the tropics
Habitat: walls and crevices of mainly basic rocks; frost tolerant till -30°C.Content: thiaminase.
Ecology: rarely troubled by browsing deer.
Use: tea substitute.BotanyFern; evergreen; 25 cm tall.
Root: creeping rhizome.
Leaves: erect; 30 cm long.
Clades: Trichomanoideae; Aspleniaceae, Aspleniidae; Pteridophyta; Plants.
Region: temperate world, Britain, mountains in the tropics
Habitat: walls and crevices of mainly basic rocks; frost tolerant till -30°C.Content: thiaminase.
Ecology: rarely troubled by browsing deer.
Use: tea substitute.BotanyFern; evergreen; 25 cm tall.
Root: creeping rhizome.
Leaves: erect; 30 cm long.