Asplenium tutwilerae China In early April

In early April

especially when growing on the side of a hill

and larger terminal black spines

The offspring vary in petiole color from solid green to dark brown with blotches

" but we guess it's one of those southern hemisphere things

Asplenium tutwilerae China In early AprilAsplenium tutwilerae is an unusual, and very rare, naturally occurring fern from Alabama (formerly xAsplenosorus) that originated as the result of a historical conjugal visit between two native species, Asplenium platyneuron and the walking fern, Asplenium rhizophyllum. The same hybrid, published in 1865 as Asplenium ebenoides is a sterile diploid, while this hybrid, discovered in Hale County, Alabama, by botanist Julia Tutwiler in 1873, is a fertile