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Asplenium scolopendrium - Hart's tongue fern

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[[File:Phyllitis scolopendrium habitat.jpg|thumb|right|''Asplenium scolopendrium'', ''Hart's-tongue fern'']]
'''Asplenium scolopendrium''', known as hart's-tongue<ref name="common name"/> or hart's-tongue fern (syn. Phyllitis scolopendrium) is a fern in the genus Asplenium, of the Northern Hemisphere. ==Uses=={{Uses|diarrhoea}}, {{Uses|dysentery}}, {{Uses|piles}}, {{Uses|burns}}, {{Uses|scalds}}, {{Uses|Blotches}}, {{Uses|Pimples}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}} ==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Dried Folaige}}, {{Parts Used|Whole herb}}. ==Chemical Composition==Contains volatile oils, flavonoids, apigenin, luteolin, quercetin, kaempferol, tiliroside, triterpene glycosides including euscapic acid and tormentic acid, phenolic acids, and 3%–21% tannins.<ref name="chemical composition"/> ==Common names=={{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Agrimony}} ==Habit=={{Habit|Evergreen Fern}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple||The leaves are divided into 3-6 toothed leaflets, with smaller leaflets in between}}<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|Yellow|5-20|Flowers Season is June - August}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit||7–10 mm (0.28–0.4 in.) long pome|clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown|With hooked hairs|}} ===Other features===
== Description List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used== The plants are unusual in being ferns with simple, undivided fronds. The tongue-shaped leaves have given rise to the common name "Hart* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract's tongue fern"; a hart being an adult male red deer. The sori pattern is reminiscent of a centipede's legs, and scolopendrium is Latin for "centipede". The leaves are 10–60 cm long and 3–6 cm broad, with sori arranged in rows perpendicular to the rachis.
== Uses Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Division in spring}}.
*Asplenium scolopendrium is often grown as an ornamental ==How to plant/cultivate==Grows well in humus-rich, with several cultivars selected with varying frond form, including with frilled frond margins, forked fronds and cristate formsmoist but well-drained soil.*This fern was used in the 1800s as a medicinal <ref name="How to plant in folk medicine/ [[Ayurvedic medicine]] as a spleen tonic and for other uses.cultivate"/>
==Common nameCommonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Moist banks}}, {{Commonly seen|meadows}}, {{Commonly seen|damp shady places in woodlands}}.
* '''English''' - Hart's-==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">Image:Phyllitis scolopendrium habitat.jpg|HabitatImage:Phyllitis scolopendrium3.jpg|<center>A cultivar with frilled frond margins.</center>Image:Spiers harts tongue fern.JPG|<center>A specimen growing in lime mortar on a wall.</center>Image:Asplenium scolopendrium americanum.jpg|<center>Example of the North American variety.</center></gallery>
== References ==
<references><ref name="common namechemical composition">[https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/details?plantid=191 Asplenium scolopendrium-Wikipedia"sciencedirect"]</ref></references>
<ref name== External Links =="Leaf">[ "wayback machine"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://enwww.wikipediarhs.org.uk/wikiplants/Asplenium_scolopendrium Asplenium_scolopendrium-Wikipediadetails?plantid=191 "royal horticulture society"]</ref></references>
==External Links==
* [http://www.fancyfrondsnursery.com/ferns/asplenium]
* [http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=b244]
* [http://temperate.theferns.info/plant/Asplenium+scolopendrium]
* [http://www.plantsrescue.com/asplenium-scolopendrium/]
* [https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/details?plantid=191]
[[Category:Herbs]]

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