Hen and chickens fern

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Asplenium gracillimum

Hen and chickens fern, a reference photo
Photo: Poyt448 Peter Woodard · CC0 (licence)

Asplenium gracillimum is a fern species native to Australia and New Zealand, also found in Stewart Island and the Chatham Islands. The specific epithet gracillimum refers to the slender and graceful appearance of this fern.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Hen and chickens fern 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.

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Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Polypodiopsida
Order
Polypodiales
Family
Aspleniaceae
Species
Asplenium gracillimum

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