Species:
Adiantum capillus-veneris L.
Common name:
Venus Hair , True maidenhair
Capillaire cheveu-de-Vénus, Capillaire Montpellier
Arabic name:
كزبرة البئر - شعر الغول- شعر الجن- شعر الجبار
Habitat :
Wet rocks and caves.
Rochers humides, grottes.
IUCN threat status:
LC
Botanic Description
Eng: -Creeping rhizome with dense scales.
-Frons 3-30 cm, soft, hairless, more or less persistent.
-Slender petiole, equaling the blade or slightly shorter, blackish.
-Oval-oblong blade, 2-4 pinnatisect.
-Pinules petiolulate, fan-shaped, irregularly lobed.
-Sori below the margin folds.
Fr: -Rhizome rampant à écailles denses.
-Frondes 3-30 cm., molles, glabres, plus ou moins persistantes.
-Pétiole grêle, égalant le limbe ou un peu plus court, noirâtre.
-Limbe ovale-oblong, 2-4 pinnatiséqué.
-Pinnules pétiolulées, flabelliformes, irrégulièrement lobées.
-Sores sous les replis de la marge.
Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve
Medicinal
 
Date: June 2010
Location: Nahr Ibrahim
Photo: Magda Bou Dagher Kharrat
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Date: May 2011
Location: Saida-Tyr Highway
Photo: Bouchra Douaihy
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Date: April 2021
Location: Chouwane, Jabal Moussa
Photo: Yumna Zeineh
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Date: April 2021
Location: Chouwane, Jabal Moussa
Photo: Yumna Zeineh
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Altitude
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Distribution
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