Adiantum capillus-veneris L.

Southern maidenhair fern, common maidenhair fern, venus hairfern, venus’ hair, common maidenhair

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Black maidenhair fern is native to Europe, North and Central America, and Africa. It is popular as a house plant.

Identification: This fern rarely exceeds 18" (45 cm) in height, and tends to be an inconspicuous occupant in moist, shady forests. For example, the photo at right was taken near a small bubbling brook. The leaf shape, unlike that of most ferns, is quite distinctive.

Medical: Several cultures have used maidenhair fern brewed as tea to treat coughs and bronchitis.

Online References:

Adiantum capillus-veneris on Missouriplants.com

Adiantum capillus-veneris on Wikipedia

Adiantum capillus-veneris at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

Adiantum capillus-veneris on Plants for a Future, a resource and information centre for edible and otherwise useful plants

Adiantum capillus-veneris on CalPhotos

Adiantum capillus-veneris on Wildflowers, Ferns & Trees of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah

Adiantum capillus-veneris on rain-tree.com

Adiantum capillus-veneris on SEINet—the Southwest Environmental Information Network

References:

Foster, Steven & Duke, James A., Peterson Field Guides: A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs, Houghton Mifflin, 2000, p. 346

Cobb, Boughton, Farnsworth, Elizabeth & Lowe, Cheryl, Peterson Field Guides: A Field Guide to Ferns and Their Related Families of Northwestern and Central North America, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005, p. 55

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Adiantum capillus-veneris description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.

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1 · 6/2/2009 · Zion National Park, Utah
≈ 34 × 22" (85 × 56 cm)

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