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Adiantum
maidenhair fern
Other common names
lady's hairmaidenhair
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Botanical details
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- No
- Genus
Adiantum
- Genus description
Adiantum can be deciduous or evergreen ferns with shiny black stalks bearing simple or more usually pinnately divided fronds, the segments fan-shaped, oblong or rounded, carrying spores under reflexed marginal flaps
- Name status
Correct
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