1 What is
1.1 Life Span
1.2 Type
1.3 Origin
Europe
Southwestern United States, Texas, Mexico
1.4 Types
Asplenium nidus, Asplenium trichomanes, Asplenium rutamuraria
Not Available
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
1.5 Habitat
Shady Edge, Woodland Garden Dappled Shade
driveways, open Woodlands, Roadsides, Rocky areas, Slopes, tree wells
1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone
1.7 AHS Heat Zone
1.8 Sunset Zone
Not Available
2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
1.9 Habit
Rosette/Stemless
Clump-Forming
2 Information
2.1 Plant Size
2.1.1 Minimum Height
20.00 cm50.80 cm
0.54
3900
2.1.2 Minimum Width
20.00 cm55.90 cm
0.1
6350
2.2 Plant Color
2.2.1 Flower Color
Not Available
Not Available
2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier
2.2.3 Fruit Color
Not Available
Non Fruiting Plant
2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring
Yellow green
Green, Light Green
2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer
2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall
Yellow green
Green, Yellow green, Tan
2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter
Yellow green
Green, Yellow green, Gold, Tan
2.3 Shape
2.3.1 Leaf Shape
2.4 Thorns
3 Season
3.1 Plant Season
Spring, Summer, Fall
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
3.2 Growing Conditions
3.2.1 Sunlight
Full Shade, Partial shade
Full Sun, Partial Sun
3.2.2 Growth Rate
3.2.3 Type of Soil
Loam, Sand
Clay, Loam, Sand
3.2.4 The pH of Soil
Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
3.2.5 Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
3.2.6 Bloom Time
Not Available
Early Summer, Summer
3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
3.3 Tolerances
4 Care
4.1 Where to Plant?
Container, Ground, Pot
Ground
4.2 How to Plant?
4.3 Plant Maintenance
4.4 Watering Plants
4.4.1 Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs
Do not water excessively
4.4.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
4.4.3 In Spring
4.4.4 In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
4.5 Soil
4.5.1 Soil pH
Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
4.5.2 Soil Type
Loam, Sand
Clay, Loam, Sand
4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
4.6 Sun Exposure
Full Shade, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
4.7 Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead leaves, Remove dead or diseased plant parts
Requires little pruning
4.8 Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, fertilize in summer
Apply 12-6-6 fertilizer
4.9 Pests and Diseases
Red blotch
Not Available, Red blotch
4.10 Plant Tolerance
5 Facts
5.1 Flowers
5.1.1 Flower Petal Number
5.2 Fruits
5.2.1 Showy Fruit
5.2.2 Edible Fruit
5.3 Fragrance
5.3.1 Fragrant Flower
5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit
5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf
5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem
5.4 Showy Foliage
5.5 Showy Bark
5.6 Foliage Texture
5.7 Foliage Sheen
5.8 Evergreen
5.9 Invasive
5.10 Self-Sowing
5.11 Attracts
Butterflies
Not Available
5.12 Allergy
6 Benefits
6.1 Uses
6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes
Landscape Designing, Showy Purposes, small hedge
6.1.2 Beauty Benefits
Good for skin and hair
Not Available
6.1.3 Edible Uses
6.1.4 Environmental Uses
Air purification, Provides ground cover
Air purification
6.2 Plant Benefits
6.2.1 Medicinal Uses
Astringent, Cholagogue, Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Expectorant, Vulnerary
No Medicinal Use
6.2.2 Part of Plant Used
6.2.3 Other Uses
Cosmetics, Used as Ornamental plant, useful as a ground cover
Used as Ornamental plant
6.3 Used As Indoor Plant
6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
6.5 Garden Design
Foundation, Mixed Border
Dried Flower / Everlasting, Container, Foundation, Mixed Border, Rock Garden / Wall
7 Scientific Name
7.1 Botanical Name
ASPLENIUM scolopendrium
NASSELLA tenuissima
7.2 Common Name
Hart’s Tongue Fern
Finestem Needlegrass, Mexican Feather Grass
7.2.1 In Hindi
Burnt Weed
Plant
Mexican Feather Grass
7.2.2 In German
Burnt Weed
Pflanze
Mexikanische Federgras
7.2.3 In French
Weed Burnt
Plante
Mexicaine Herbe Feather
7.2.4 In Spanish
Weed quemado
Planta
Pluma hierba mexicana
7.2.5 In Greek
Burnt ζιζανίων
Φυτό
Μεξικού Αστραπή Grass
7.2.6 In Portuguese
Weed Burnt
Plantar
Mexican Pena Relva
7.2.7 In Polish
spalony Weed
Roślina
Mexican Feather trawy
7.2.8 In Latin
Holocaustum Weed
planta
Mexicanus Pluma Grass
8 Classification
8.1 Kingdom
8.2 Phylum
Pteridophyta
Magnoliophyta
8.3 Class
8.4 Order
8.5 Family
8.6 Genus
8.7 Clade
Eupolypods II
Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots
8.8 Tribe
8.9 Subfamily
Not Available
Not Available
8.10 Number of Species