Aspleniaceae
Ebony spleenwort
Asplenium platyneuron
- Family
- Aspleniaceae
- Genus
- Asplenium
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Ebony spleenwort
- Persian
- سپرزداروی آبنوسی
Synonyms
- Acrostichum platyneuron L.
- Asplenium ebeneum Aiton
- Asplenium ebeneum f. furcatum Clute
- Asplenium ebeneum f. hortonae (Davenp.) Clute
- Asplenium ebeneum f. proliferum (D.C.Eaton) D.C.Eaton
- Asplenium ebeneum f. serratum (A.Gray ex E.S.Mill.) Clute
- Asplenium ebeneum var. hortonae Davenp.
- Asplenium ebeneum var. incisum Howe ex Peck
- Asplenium ebeneum var. minus Hook.
- Asplenium ebeneum var. proliferum D.C.Eaton
- Asplenium ebeneum var. serratum A.Gray ex E.S.Mill.
- Asplenium platyneuron f. dissectum J.E.Benedict
- Asplenium platyneuron f. furcatum Clute
- Asplenium platyneuron f. hortonae L.B.Sm.
- Asplenium platyneuron f. hortonae (Davenp.) L.B.Sm.
- Asplenium platyneuron f. incisum (Howe ex Peck) Blomq. & Correll
- Asplenium platyneuron f. multifidum Tetrik
- Asplenium platyneuron f. platyneuron
- Asplenium platyneuron f. proliferum Tanger
- Asplenium platyneuron f. serratum (E.S.Mill.) Ralph Hoffm.
- Asplenium platyneuron var. euroaustrinum Fernald
- Asplenium platyneuron var. hortonae (Davenp.) Wherry
- Asplenium platyneuron var. hortonae Clute
- Asplenium platyneuron var. hortonae (Davenp.) Clute
- Asplenium platyneuron var. incisum (Howe ex Peck) B.L.Rob.
- Asplenium platyneuron var. platyneuron
- Asplenium platyneuron var. serratum (E.S.Mill.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
- Asplenium platyneuros L.
- Asplenium polypodioides Sw.
- Asplenium trichomanoides Michx.
- Athyrium platyneuron (L.) Shafer
- Chamaefilix platyneuros (L.) Farw.
- Chamaefilix platyneuros var. serrata Farw.
- Tarachia platyneura (L.) Momose
- Tarachia platyneuros (L.) Momose
- Trichomanes ebeneum Nieuwl.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
LeavesPhoto: Nathan Aaron, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Annie Weissman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jaknouse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Becky Dill, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Choess, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Choess, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Laura Clark, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Choess, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nova Patch, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Choess, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Choess, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: er-birds, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.