Scientific Name: Asplenium gracillimum

Common Name: mother spleenwort

Family Classification (Clade): Pteridophytes

Family: Aspleniaceae

Form Description: Epiphytic on rocks and logs; epiphytic on Dicksonia and trees. Large, soft, elliptical fronds, 20-120cm long. Bulbils present on the lamina.

Height (m): 0.2 – 1.2

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral CoastCentral HighlandsCircular HeadDerwent ValleyDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayGlenorchyHobartHuon ValleyKentishKingboroughLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSorellSouthern MidlandsTasmanWaratah-WynyardWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Wet Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes

Most common in near coastal gullies.

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Propagation Method
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Seed Information