Aspleniaceae
Black spleenwort
Asplenium adiantum-nigrum
- Family
- Aspleniaceae
- Genus
- Asplenium
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Common names
By language (27)
- Arabic
- سرخس البلوط
- arz
- سرخس البلوط
- Asturian
- Golondriyu prietu
- Azerbaijani
- Qara sümürgə
- Basque
- Garaizka beltz
- Bulgarian
- Черно изтравниче
- Catalan
- Falzia negra
- Chinese
- 深山鐵角蕨, 深山铁角蕨, 黑色铁角蕨
- Czech
- Sleziník netíkovitý
- Dutch
- Zwartsteel
- English
- Black spleenwort, Spleenwort
- Finnish
- Kiiltoraunioinen
- French
- Doradille noire - capillaire noire
- Galician
- Fento negro
- German
- Schwarzstieliger Streifenfarn
- Hungarian
- Fekete fodorka
- Irish
- Fionncha dubh
- kw
- Leslethan
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Blankburkne
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Blankburkne
- Persian
- اسپلنیوم ادیانتوم-نیگروم
- Polish
- Zanokcica ciemna
- Russian
- Костенец чёрный
- Slovenian
- Črni sršaj
- Swedish
- Glansbräken
- Ukrainian
- Аспленій чорний, Аспленій адіант-чорний, Костянець адіант-чорний, Селезінник чорний
- Welsh
- Duegredynen goesddu
Synonyms
- Asplenium adiantum-nigrum var. adiantum-nigrum
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Alice Lacagne, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Nadine Montagny, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Samuele, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: damien Bécot, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: BerndH, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: legendre.bruno.bl, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Gmich2012, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Diego Alex, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.