Aspleniaceae
Creeping spleenwort
Asplenium serra
- Family
- Aspleniaceae
- Genus
- Asplenium
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Creeping spleenwort
Synonyms
- Asplenium camptosorum Mett.; Kuhn
- Asplenium insigne Liebm.
- Asplenium poeppigii C.Presl
- Asplenium progrediens Fée
- Asplenium serra var. camptosorum (Mett. ex Kuhn) Baker
- Asplenium serra var. remotum Kunze
- Asplenium serra var. tomentosum Rosenst.
- Asplenium serra var. woodwardioidea (Gardner) Hieron.
- Asplenium woodwardioideum Gardner
- Chamaefilix serra (Langsd. & Fisch.) Farw.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Nicolás Baresch Uribe, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jonatan Castro Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jonatan Castro Hernández, CC BY 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.