Asplenium vespertinum

Asplenium vespertinum WESTERN SPLEENWORT

Higher Taxonomy

Family: Aspleniaceae

Common Name: SPLEENWORT FAMILY
Habit: Rhizome-scale cells with lateral walls dark brown to +- black, surficial walls clear. Leaf: stipe ×-section with 1 X-shaped or 2 back-to-back C-shaped vascular strands; segment veins generally free. Sporangia: in linear [to oblong] sori along veins; indusia linear, opening away from veins; stalk cells in 1 row; spores elliptic, winged.
Genera In Family: 1 or 2 genera (most segregates now subsumed in Asplenium), 700 species: worldwide, especially tropics.
eFlora Treatment Author: Alan R. Smith
Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.

Genus: Asplenium

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Dichotomous Key

Common Name: SPLEENWORT
Habit: Plant in soil or on rocks; rhizome generally short-creeping to erect. Leaf: often tufted, generally glabrous; rachis often +- winged; blade simple or 1[many]-pinnate or forked; pinnae often more developed acroscopically, often without obvious midrib. Sporangia: indusia persistent, covering sori when young, later reflexed.
Etymology: (Greek: spleen)

Asplenium vespertinum Maxon

NATIVE
Leaf: 1-pinnate, many, clustered, 8--30 cm; stipe 1--5(8) cm, generally 0.5--1 mm wide, unwinged, dark red- to purple-brown, shiny; blade generally 1--2.5 cm wide, linear; pinnae 20--30 pairs, generally 5--12 mm, 2--8 mm wide, oblong, margin shallowly lobed or toothed +- throughout. Sporangia: sori generally 0.5--1.5 mm, generally 2--6 pairs per pinna.
Ecology: Base of overhanging boulders; Elevation: 200--1000 m. Bioregional Distribution: SCo, SnGb, PR (exc SnJt); Distribution Outside California: northern Baja California.
Jepson eFlora Author: Alan R. Smith
Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange)
Listed on CNPS Rare Plant Inventory

Previous taxon: Asplenium trichomanes subsp. trichomanes
Next taxon: Asplenium viride

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Citation for this treatment: Alan R. Smith 2012, Asplenium vespertinum, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=14615, accessed on April 19, 2024.

Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 19, 2024.

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Geographic subdivisions for Asplenium vespertinum: SCo, SnGb, PR (exc SnJt)	MAP CONTROLS 1. You can change the display of the base map layer control box in the upper right-hand corner. 2. County and Jepson Region polygons can be turned off and on using the check boxes.

(Note: any qualifiers in the taxon distribution description, such as 'northern', 'southern', 'adjacent' etc., are not reflected in the map above, and in some cases indication of a taxon in a subdivision is based on a single collection or author-verified occurence).	Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. MAP LEGEND View all CCH records All markers link to CCH specimen records. The original determination is shown in the popup window. Blue markers indicate specimens that map to one of the expected Jepson geographic subdivisions (see left map). Purple markers indicate specimens collected from a garden, greenhouse, or other non-wild location. Yellow markers indicate records that may provide evidence for eFlora range revision or may have georeferencing or identification issues. READ ABOUT YELLOW FLAGS CCH collections by month Duplicates counted once; synonyms included. Species do not include records of infraspecific taxa, if there are more than 1 infraspecific taxon in CA. Blue line denotes eFlora flowering time (fruiting time in some monocot genera).