Asplenium ruta-muraria L.

Spice Leaves detail In the field

Family: ASPLENIACEAE

Genus: Asplenium

Catalan common name: Falzia blanca.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Holoartica

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Rock crevices and cliff faces. Rocky surfaces and dry stone walls. Walls and Rocks.

Characteristics: A small fern with fronds reaching 15 cm. in length, and leathery in texture. The petiole is of same length as the lamina. Leaf is triangular outline, erect (1-2 pinnated). Pinnae are alternate and with rhomboid pinnulae, both peticiolated. Sori are linear or more long than wide, with a linear indusium with a ciliated margin.

Observations: In the Balearic Islands, only this subspecies can be found, and always in rock crevices.