Hart's tonguefern
Asplenium scolopendrium L.
- light
- Shade
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 61 cm
- wide
- 51 cm
Aspleniaceae
Also called Hart's-tongue, Hartstonque
Formerly Phyllitis scolopendrium
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Perennial or rhizomatous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Temp. Northern Hemisphere to Mexico and N. AfricaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Shade (under 3 h)Read from Wikipedia, one source
- Height
- 61 cmRead from Plants For A Future, one source
- Spread
- 51 cmRead from Plants For A Future, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from Plants For A Future, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -34.4 °C (USDA zone 4a)Read from Plants For A Future, one source
Not known yet: flowers, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- German
- Hirschzunge, Hirschzungenfarn
- Asturian
- llingua de güe
- Azerbaijani
- Adi çalovcuq
- Bulgarian
- волски език
- Catalan
- Lengua de cérvol
- Czech
- jelení jazyk
- Welsh
- Tafod yr Hydd
- Danish
- Hjortetunge
- Spanish
- Lengua cervina
- Persian
- زنگیدارو
- Finnish
- Hirvenkieli
- French
- langue de cerf, scolopendre
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Plants For A Future, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3D model: Asplenium scolopendrium (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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