Hymenophyllum wilsonii Hook. is a plant in the Hymenophyllaceae family, order Hymenophyllales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Hymenophyllum wilsonii Hook. (Hymenophyllum wilsonii Hook.)
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Hymenophyllum wilsonii Hook.

Hymenophyllum wilsonii Hook.

Wilson's filmy-fern (Hymenophyllum wilsonii Hook.) is a small fragile perennial leptosporangiate fern found in western Europe and Macaronesia.

Genus
Hymenophyllum
Order
Hymenophyllales
Class
Polypodiopsida

About Hymenophyllum wilsonii Hook.

Hymenophyllum wilsonii Hook., commonly known as Wilson's filmy-fern, is a small, fragile perennial leptosporangiate fern. It grows large dense colonies from creeping rhizomes. This species is distributed only in western Europe — including Britain, Ireland, France, Norway, Spain, and the Faroe Islands — and Macaronesia.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Polypodiopsida Hymenophyllales Hymenophyllaceae Hymenophyllum

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