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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.
== Description ==
The plants are unusual in being ferns with simple, undivided fronds. The tongue-shaped leaves have given rise to the common name "Hart'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 ==
*Asplenium scolopendrium is often grown as an ornamental plant, with several cultivars selected with varying frond form, including with frilled frond margins, forked fronds and cristate forms.
*This fern was used in the 1800s as a medicinal plant in folk medicine as a spleen tonic and for other uses.
== References ==
<references>
<ref name="common name">[https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/details?plantid=191 Asplenium scolopendrium-Wikipedia]</ref>
</references>
== External Links ==
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asplenium_scolopendrium Asplenium_scolopendrium-Wikipedia]
[[Category:Herbs]]
'''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.
== Description ==
The plants are unusual in being ferns with simple, undivided fronds. The tongue-shaped leaves have given rise to the common name "Hart'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 ==
*Asplenium scolopendrium is often grown as an ornamental plant, with several cultivars selected with varying frond form, including with frilled frond margins, forked fronds and cristate forms.
*This fern was used in the 1800s as a medicinal plant in folk medicine as a spleen tonic and for other uses.
== References ==
<references>
<ref name="common name">[https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/details?plantid=191 Asplenium scolopendrium-Wikipedia]</ref>
</references>
== External Links ==
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asplenium_scolopendrium Asplenium_scolopendrium-Wikipedia]
[[Category:Herbs]]
