Phyllitis sagittata (DC.) Guinea & Heywood

Spice In the field

Family: ASPLENIACEAE

Genus: Phyllitis

Sinònims: Asplenium sagittatum (DC.) Bang.

Catalan common name: Llengua de cero. Llengua de cèrvol.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Tarragona.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza. Formentera. Cabrera. Dragonera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): South Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Rock crevices and cliff faces. Non-saline wetlands (intermittent watercourses, streams, artesian wells, ditches). Rocky surfaces and dry stone walls. Caves, torrents and rock creviceses.

Characteristics: Wax tongue fern is easy to identify by its simple lamina with two divergent auricles, well developed at the base, while the two auricula of Asplenium scolopendrium are small, rounded and non-divergent, and the sori are normally elongated. Lives in rock crevices in shady spots in the mountainous regions as well as the low lands.