Adiantum capillus-veneris
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Adiantum capillus-veneris, the maidenhair fern, southern maidenhair fern, black maidenhair fern and venus hair fern, is a species of ferns in the genus Adiantum and the family Pteridaceae with a subco
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Adiantum capillus-veneris foliage texture.
In limestone cliff seep habitat near Ein Gedi in the Judean Desert, Israel
Frond
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A frond is a large, divided leaf. In both common usage and botanical nomenclature, the leaves of ferns are referred to as fronds and some botanists restrict the term to this group. Other botanists all
Adiantum capillus-veneris
…to 30 cm (6 to 12 in) in height; its fronds arising in clusters from creeping rhizomes 20 to 70 cm (8 to 28 in) tall, with very delicate, light green fronds much subdivided into pinnae 5 to 10 mm (0.2 to 0.4 in) long and broad; the frond rachis is black and wiry. Adiantum capillus-veneris is cultivated and…
A fern (Dryopteris decipiens) with simple (lobed or pinnatifid) blades, the dissection of each blade not quite reaching to the rachis.
A growing fern frond unfurling.
Unfurling fiddlehead fern frond
Adaxial (left) and abaxial (right) surfaces of a pinnate fern frond (Blechnum appendiculatum). Sori are evident on the abaxial surface.