Asplenium bourgaei


Asplenium bourgaei is a small fern.

Description

A small, mid-green fern with centrally-radiating small fronds divided into close oblong leaflets with deep lobes giving a very crinkly look to the fern, the middle leaflet bases not stalked but join the frond axis broadly, the frond stalks are short, black on the underside, and the fronds droop down when growing on the sides of rocks. The sori under the leaflets are linear, close to the leaflet axis.
Habitat: Shady limestone rock crevices.

Range

Asplenium bourgaei can be found in East Aegean Islands, Crete, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey.