Western spleenwort (Asplenium vespertinum)

Western spleenwort, a reference photo — Photo: John Lovis · CC BY 4.0 (licence)

Asplenium vespertinum is a species of fern known by the common name western spleenwort. It is native to southern California and Baja California, where it grows in moist, shady, rocky places, such as the shadows beneath cliff overhangs.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Western 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 azoricum
Adiantum incisum
Asplenium resiliens
Asplenium tripteropus

Classification

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

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