Aspleniaceae

Rainforest spleenwort

Asplenium normale D.Don

Family: Aspleniaceae
Genus: Asplenium

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Rainforest spleenwort: Asplenium normale：ヌリトラノオ 2014/10/12 和歌山県田辺市：Tanabe City. Wakayama Pref. Japan — Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 倒挂铁角蕨, 生芽鐵角蕨, 倒挂草, 生芽铁角蕨
English: Rainforest spleenwort
Japanese: ヌリトラノオ

Synonyms

Asplenium induratum Hook.
Asplenium minus Blume
Asplenium monanthemoides Roxb.
Asplenium multicaule Wall.
Asplenium multijugum Wall.
Asplenium multijugum Wall. ex Mett.
Asplenium normale f. scythiforme Z.X.Chang
Asplenium opacum Kunze
Asplenium pavonicum Brack.
Asplenium pseudonormale W.M.Chu & X.C.Zhang
Asplenium rectangulare Bonap.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Hawaii: native

Photos

Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: [O Selling], CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Barbara Parris, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: [B E G Molesworth Allen], CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: [L M Cranwell], CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: John Game, CC BY 2.0, 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.