Asplenium foreziense Le Grand

Species

Family: ASPLENIACEAE

Genus: Asplenium

Spanish common name: Culantrillo de rodeno menor.

Province distribution: Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Atlantic mediterranean

Plants protected by law: País Valencià Catalogue.

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Rock crevices and cliff faces. Fissures and cracks in shady, cool siliceous rock walls and outcrops.

Characteristics: Perennial plant with fronds (6)10–20(30) cm long, glabrous and lanceolate in shape (2-5 times longer than wide), widest at mid-length, and divided 2-3 times. The petiole is purplish-brown, and the central axis (rachis) is green. Basal pinnae are slightly shorter than the middle ones.