Aspleniaceae
Parsley spleenwort
Asplenium cristatum
- Family
- Aspleniaceae
- Genus
- Asplenium
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Parsley spleenwort
Synonyms
- Asplenium cicutarium Sw.
- Asplenium cicutarium var. confusum Kuntze
- Asplenium cicutarium var. dissectum (Link) Hook.
- Asplenium cicutarium var. fissum E.Fourn.
- Asplenium cicutarium var. geraniifolium (Poir.) E.Fourn.
- Asplenium dissectum Link
- Asplenium rhizophorum var. cicutarium (Sw.) Jenman
- Asplenium thalictroides (Loud.) Kunze
- Asplenium trilobum (Desv.) E.Fourn.
- Caenopteris cicutaria Thunb.
- Caenopteris thalictroides Loudon
- Caenopteris triloba Desv.
- Chamaefilix cristatum (Lam.) Farw.
- Darea cicutaria Willd.
- Darea thalictroides Fée
- Darea trilobata Desv.
- Polypodium geraniifolium Poir.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.