Hooker's Spleenwort (Asplenium hookerianum)

Hooker's Spleenwort, a reference photo — Photo: leonperrie · CC BY 4.0 (licence)

Asplenium hookerianum, commonly known as Hooker's spleenwort, rocklax and maidenhair fern, is a small fern native to New Zealand and Australia.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Hooker's Spleenwort being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Asplenium cimmeriorum

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Family: Aspleniaceae
Genus: Asplenium
Species: Asplenium hookerianum

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