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Accession Data:

Asplenium bulbiferum G. Forster

  • Common Name: Hens and Chickens Fern
  • Family: Aspleniaceae

  • Country of Origin: New Zealand

  • Description: A bulbiferous fern, producing vegatative buds on the upper surface of the frond.
  • USDA Zone: 9-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200400287
  • Source: Brenda Kanno, CSU - Northridge
  • Accession Date: 12-10-2004
  • Bench: 3106 - EVO: Ferns & Magnoliids
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 01-22-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Ferns
  • Class: Polypodiopsida
  • SubClass: Polypodiidae
  • Order: Polypodiales
  • SubOrder: Aspleniineae
  • Family: Aspleniaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012

References (internal):

  • Ferns & Fern Allies
  • EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology
  • Plants used in EEB 2244 - General Ecology
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Chatham Is. / New Zealand North / New Zealand South

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, October 03, 2017.
  2. Asplenium bulbiferum at New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Last accessed on Tuesday, October 03, 2017.

data regenerated on Wed, 05 Mar 2025 15:33:02 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Asplenium bulbiferum

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Current Accessions in the Aspleniaceae

  • Asplenium bulbiferum
  • Asplenium nidus
  • Asplenium rhizophyllum
  • Asplenium sp.
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