Family |
Aspleniaceae
Asplenium trichomanes
L.
Asplenium trichomanes L.
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 1, Pl. IV nº 5; 1966)
Life-form & habit: Perennial with a short, thick rhizome bearing brown scales.
Leaves: Fronds in dense, persistent tufts; pinnatisect, 5–15 cm long. Petiole and rachis reddish-brown to black.
Segments: Composed of alternate or subopposite, sessile, asymmetric, oval pinnules with crenulate margins.
Sori: Oblong, arranged along the veins.
Phenology: Fructifies in spring and summer.
Habitat & elevation: Prefers moist, shaded rocky substrates.
Lebanese distribution: Ct. Tripoli; Mm. Jisr-el-Hajar (Pont Naturel), Jab. Jaj, Ehden, Kfarsghab, Fnaideq, ‘Akkar el-‘Atiq; S. Mi-Mm. Slenfé, signal de Rouadi; J.D. Tell Qpuleib cisterns.
Native range: Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Finland, Florida, France, Free State, Føroyar, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hawaii, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Louisiana, Madeira, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northern Provinces, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Nova Scotia, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Socotra, Somalia, South Carolina, South Dakota, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Türkey, Türkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yemen, Zimbabwe. (KEW)